Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2083

Friday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 610 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 2 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 3 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 22:52 on Thu 2 Sep to 01:12 on Sat 4 Sep.

    2083-09-02T14:52:20Z → 2083-09-03T17:12:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd, 11:54–12:42 on the 3rd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36628 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2083: Friday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2083 falls on Friday 3 September. Saptamī runs from 22:52 on Thu 2 Sep to 01:12 on Sat 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2083/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shitala-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 7 Sitala saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:52 → 10:1212:2948 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago09:52 → 12:1212:2648 min12:260 min2 Sep
Jersey City10:52 → 13:1212:3248 min12:3141 min2 Sep
Port of Spain10:52 → 13:1211:4248 min11:4248 min2 Sep
London15:52 → 18:1212:360 min12:3648 min3 Sep
Durban16:52 → 19:1211:320 min11:3248 min3 Sep
Dubai18:52 → 21:1211:550 min11:5448 min3 Sep
Delhi20:22 → 22:4211:570 min11:5748 min3 Sep
Kolkata20:22 → 22:4211:120 min11:1248 min3 Sep
Singapore22:52 → 01:1212:410 min12:4048 min3 Sep
Sydney00:52 → 03:1211:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva02:52 → 05:1211:430 min11:4248 min3 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shitala-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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