Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1944

Saturday 18 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 163 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 Friday 17 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:03  13:51 madhyāhna ends
12:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:1514:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 18 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:03  13:51 madhyāhna ends
12:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:1514:39

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 17:27 on Fri 17 Mar to 16:34 on Sat 18 Mar.

    1944-03-17T08:26:59Z → 1944-03-18T07:33:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:03–13:51 on the 17th, 13:03–13:51 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 9781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1944: Saturday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1944 falls on Saturday 18 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:27 on Fri 17 Mar to 16:34 on Sat 18 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:27 → 00:3412:3848 min12:370 min17 Mar
Chicago03:27 → 02:3412:3548 min12:350 min17 Mar
Jersey City04:27 → 03:3412:4148 min12:410 min17 Mar
Port of Spain05:27 → 04:3412:5148 min12:500 min17 Mar
London09:27 → 08:3412:4548 min12:450 min17 Mar
Durban11:27 → 10:3412:4048 min12:400 min17 Mar
Dubai12:27 → 11:3412:0324 min12:030 min17 Mar
Delhi14:57 → 14:0413:060 min13:0548 min18 Mar
Kolkata14:57 → 14:0412:210 min12:2148 min18 Mar
Singapore17:27 → 16:3413:490 min13:4948 min18 Mar
Sydney19:27 → 18:3412:390 min12:3948 min18 Mar
Suva20:27 → 19:3411:510 min11:5048 min18 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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