Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1928

Wednesday 14 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 58 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 14 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 March

Qualifies with 10 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:13:34
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

10 of 48 minutes covered, the first 10

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 10:17 on Wed 14 Mar to 12:14 on Thu 15 Mar.

    1928-03-14T02:17:15Z → 1928-03-15T04:13:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 14th, 12:04–12:52 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 10 of 48 on the 15th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 598 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1928: Wednesday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1928 falls on Wednesday 14 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:17 on Wed 14 Mar to 12:14 on Thu 15 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 10 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:17 → 20:1411:3848 min11:380 min14 Mar
Chicago20:17 → 22:1411:3648 min11:360 min14 Mar
Jersey City21:17 → 23:1411:4248 min11:420 min14 Mar
Port of Spain22:17 → 00:1411:5148 min11:510 min14 Mar
London02:17 → 04:1411:4648 min11:460 min14 Mar
Durban04:17 → 06:1411:4148 min11:410 min14 Mar
Dubai06:17 → 08:1412:0448 min12:040 min14 Mar
Delhi07:47 → 09:4412:0748 min12:060 min14 Mar
Kolkata07:47 → 09:4411:2248 min11:220 min14 Mar
Singapore09:17 → 11:1411:5048 min11:500 min14 Mar
Sydney12:17 → 14:1411:4011 min11:4048 min14 Mar
Suva14:17 → 16:1411:520 min11:5148 min15 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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