Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2095

Sunday 21 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 21 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 06:54 on Sun 21 Aug to 04:50 on Mon 22 Aug.

    2095-08-20T22:53:57Z → 2095-08-21T20:49:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 18209 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2095: Sunday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2095 falls on Sunday 21 August. Saptamī runs from 06:54 on Sun 21 Aug to 04:50 on Mon 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:54 → 13:5012:320 min12:3248 min21 Aug
Chicago17:54 → 15:5012:300 min12:3048 min21 Aug
Jersey City18:54 → 16:5012:360 min12:3548 min21 Aug
Port of Spain18:54 → 16:5011:460 min11:4548 min21 Aug
London23:54 → 21:5012:400 min12:3948 min21 Aug
Durban00:54 → 22:5011:360 min11:3648 min21 Aug
Dubai02:54 → 00:5011:580 min11:5848 min21 Aug
Delhi04:24 → 02:2012:010 min12:0048 min21 Aug
Kolkata04:24 → 02:2011:160 min11:1648 min21 Aug
Singapore06:54 → 04:5012:440 min12:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney08:54 → 06:5011:350 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Suva10:54 → 08:5011:460 min11:4648 min21 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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