Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1927

Saturday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 270 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 Saturday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:31 on Sat 26 Mar to 07:28 on Sun 27 Mar.

    1927-03-25T23:30:35Z → 1927-03-26T23:27:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 16199 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1927: Saturday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1927 falls on Saturday 26 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:31 on Sat 26 Mar to 07:28 on Sun 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 Mar
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/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:31 → 15:2811:350 min11:3548 min26 Mar
Chicago17:31 → 17:2811:330 min11:3348 min26 Mar
Jersey City18:31 → 18:2811:390 min11:3948 min26 Mar
Port of Spain19:31 → 19:2811:480 min11:4848 min26 Mar
London23:31 → 23:2811:430 min11:4348 min26 Mar
Durban01:31 → 01:2811:380 min11:3848 min26 Mar
Dubai03:31 → 03:2812:010 min12:0148 min26 Mar
Delhi05:01 → 04:5812:040 min12:0348 min26 Mar
Kolkata05:01 → 04:5811:190 min11:1948 min26 Mar
Singapore06:31 → 06:2811:470 min11:4748 min26 Mar
Sydney09:31 → 09:2811:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva11:31 → 11:2811:490 min11:4848 min26 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shitalashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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