Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1952

Wednesday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 530 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 Tuesday 18 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 23:34 on Tue 18 Mar to 21:40 on Wed 19 Mar.

    1952-03-18T15:34:19Z → 1952-03-19T13:40:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 18th, 12:02–12:50 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 31801 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1952: Wednesday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1952 falls on Wednesday 19 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:34 on Tue 18 Mar to 21:40 on Wed 19 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:34 → 05:4011:3748 min11:370 min18 Mar
Chicago09:34 → 07:4011:3548 min11:350 min18 Mar
Jersey City10:34 → 08:4011:4148 min11:400 min18 Mar
Port of Spain11:34 → 09:4011:5048 min11:500 min18 Mar
London15:34 → 13:4011:450 min11:4548 min19 Mar
Durban17:34 → 15:4011:400 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Dubai19:34 → 17:4012:030 min12:0348 min19 Mar
Delhi21:04 → 19:1012:050 min12:0548 min19 Mar
Kolkata21:04 → 19:1011:210 min11:2148 min19 Mar
Singapore23:04 → 21:1012:190 min12:1948 min19 Mar
Sydney01:34 → 23:4011:390 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Suva03:34 → 01:4011:500 min11:5048 min19 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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