Midday of Thursday 8 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:06 12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1934
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 8 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 9 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:01 on Thu 8 Mar to 13:06 on Fri 9 Mar.
1934-03-08T07:01:21Z → 1934-03-09T05:05:53Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 8th, 12:05–12:53 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 755 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1934: Friday 9 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1934 falls on Friday 9 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:01 on Thu 8 Mar to 13:06 on Fri 9 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:01 → 21:06 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 01:01 → 23:06 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 02:01 → 00:06 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 03:01 → 01:06 | 11:53 | 48 min | 11:53 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 07:01 → 05:06 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 09:01 → 07:06 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Dubai | 11:01 → 09:06 | 12:06 | 48 min | 12:06 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Delhi | 12:31 → 10:36 | 12:08 | 25 min | 12:08 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 12:31 → 10:36 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 14:21 → 12:26 | 12:12 | 0 min | 12:11 | 14 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 17:01 → 15:06 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 19:01 → 17:06 | 11:53 | 0 min | 11:53 | 48 min | 9 Mar |