Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2096

Friday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 470 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 10 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 11 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 04:10 on Fri 10 Aug to 02:06 on Sat 11 Aug.

    2096-08-09T20:10:04Z → 2096-08-10T18:06:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 28170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2096: Friday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2096 falls on Friday 10 August. Saptamī runs from 04:10 on Fri 10 Aug to 02:06 on Sat 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:10 → 11:0612:3512 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago15:10 → 13:0612:320 min12:3234 min10 Aug
Jersey City16:10 → 14:0612:380 min12:3848 min10 Aug
Port of Spain16:10 → 14:0611:480 min11:4848 min10 Aug
London21:10 → 19:0612:420 min12:4248 min10 Aug
Durban22:10 → 20:0611:380 min11:3848 min10 Aug
Dubai00:10 → 22:0612:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi01:40 → 23:3612:030 min12:0348 min10 Aug
Kolkata01:40 → 23:3611:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore04:10 → 02:0612:460 min12:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney06:10 → 04:0611:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva08:10 → 06:0611:480 min11:4848 min10 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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