Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1933

Sunday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 194 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 18 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 19 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

48 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 18:08 on Sat 18 Mar to 16:05 on Sun 19 Mar.

    1933-03-18T10:08:17Z → 1933-03-19T08:04:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 18th, 12:03–12:51 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 11648 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1933: Sunday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1933 falls on Sunday 19 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:08 on Sat 18 Mar to 16:05 on Sun 19 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:08 → 00:0511:3748 min11:370 min18 Mar
Chicago04:08 → 02:0511:3548 min11:350 min18 Mar
Jersey City05:08 → 03:0511:4148 min11:410 min18 Mar
Port of Spain06:08 → 04:0511:5048 min11:500 min18 Mar
London10:08 → 08:0511:4548 min11:450 min18 Mar
Durban12:08 → 10:0511:4020 min11:400 min18 Mar
Dubai14:08 → 12:0512:030 min12:032 min19 Mar
Delhi15:38 → 13:3512:060 min12:0548 min19 Mar
Kolkata15:38 → 13:3511:210 min11:2148 min19 Mar
Singapore17:28 → 15:2512:090 min12:0948 min19 Mar
Sydney20:08 → 18:0511:390 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Suva22:08 → 20:0511:510 min11:5048 min19 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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