Midday of Saturday 30 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:59 12:47 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:07:58
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35
39 of 48 minutes covered, the last 39
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1940
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 36 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 30 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
39 of 48 minutes covered, the last 39
Midday of Sunday 31 March
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sat 30 Mar to 12:42 on Sun 31 Mar.
1940-03-30T04:07:59Z → 1940-03-31T04:42:12Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 39 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 43 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 276 s < 300 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1940: Saturday 30 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1940 falls on Saturday 30 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sat 30 Mar to 12:42 on Sun 31 Mar and covers 39 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 43 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 30 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 30 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 30 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 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:08 → 20:42 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:08 → 22:42 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:08 → 23:42 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:08 → 00:42 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| London | 05:08 → 05:42 | 12:42 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 06:08 → 06:42 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:08 → 08:42 | 12:00 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:38 → 10:12 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:38 → 10:12 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:28 → 12:02 | 12:05 | 48 min | 12:05 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:08 → 14:42 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 31 Mar |
| Suva | 16:08 → 16:42 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 31 Mar |