Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2086

Friday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 336 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 31 August

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 06:19 on Fri 30 Aug to 04:33 on Sat 31 Aug.

    2086-08-29T22:18:40Z → 2086-08-30T20:32:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 20165 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2086: Friday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2086 falls on Friday 30 August. Saptamī runs from 06:19 on Fri 30 Aug to 04:33 on Sat 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 Aug
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:19 → 13:3312:300 min12:2948 min30 Aug
Chicago17:19 → 15:3312:270 min12:2748 min30 Aug
Jersey City18:19 → 16:3312:330 min12:3348 min30 Aug
Port of Spain18:19 → 16:3311:430 min11:4348 min30 Aug
London23:19 → 21:3312:370 min12:3748 min30 Aug
Durban00:19 → 22:3311:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai02:19 → 00:3311:560 min11:5548 min30 Aug
Delhi03:49 → 02:0311:580 min11:5848 min30 Aug
Kolkata03:49 → 02:0311:140 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore06:19 → 04:3312:420 min12:4248 min30 Aug
Sydney08:19 → 06:3311:330 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva10:19 → 08:3311:440 min11:4348 min30 Aug
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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