Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1946

Tuesday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 284 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 Monday 25 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 17:33 on Mon 25 Mar to 19:33 on Tue 26 Mar.

    1946-03-25T09:32:44Z → 1946-03-26T11:33:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 17039 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1946: Tuesday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1946 falls on Tuesday 26 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:33 on Mon 25 Mar to 19:33 on Tue 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:33 → 03:3311:3548 min11:350 min25 Mar
Chicago03:33 → 05:3311:3348 min11:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City04:33 → 06:3311:3948 min11:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain05:33 → 07:3311:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London09:33 → 11:3311:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban11:33 → 13:3311:3848 min11:3848 min25 Mar
Dubai13:33 → 15:3312:010 min12:0148 min26 Mar
Delhi15:03 → 17:0312:040 min12:0348 min26 Mar
Kolkata15:03 → 17:0311:190 min11:1948 min26 Mar
Singapore17:03 → 19:0312:170 min12:1748 min26 Mar
Sydney19:33 → 21:3311:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva21:33 → 23:3311:480 min11:4848 min26 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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