Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1942

Tuesday 10 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 243 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Monday 9 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:05  13:53 madhyāhna ends
12:1712:4113:0513:2913:5314:1714:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 10 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:05  13:53 madhyāhna ends
12:1712:4113:0513:2913:5314:1714:41

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 20:07 on Mon 9 Mar to 17:56 on Tue 10 Mar.

    1942-03-09T11:06:34Z → 1942-03-10T08:55:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:05–13:53 on the 9th, 13:05–13:53 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 14554 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1942: Tuesday 10 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1942 falls on Tuesday 10 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:07 on Mon 9 Mar to 17:56 on Tue 10 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:07 → 01:5612:4048 min12:400 min9 Mar
Chicago06:07 → 03:5612:3848 min12:370 min9 Mar
Jersey City07:07 → 04:5612:4348 min12:430 min9 Mar
Port of Spain07:07 → 04:5611:5348 min11:530 min9 Mar
London12:07 → 09:5612:4848 min12:470 min9 Mar
Durban13:07 → 10:5611:420 min11:420 min10 Mar
Dubai15:07 → 12:5612:060 min12:0548 min10 Mar
Delhi17:37 → 15:2613:080 min13:0848 min10 Mar
Kolkata17:37 → 15:2612:240 min12:2348 min10 Mar
Singapore20:07 → 17:5613:510 min13:5148 min10 Mar
Sydney22:07 → 19:5612:420 min12:4148 min10 Mar
Suva23:07 → 20:5611:530 min11:5348 min10 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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