Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1954

Saturday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Saturday 27 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:48:27
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 28 March

Qualifies with 28 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:27:47
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

28 of 48 minutes covered, the first 28

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 11:48 on Sat 27 Mar to 12:28 on Sun 28 Mar.

    1954-03-27T03:48:28Z → 1954-03-28T04:27:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 28 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 698 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1954: Saturday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1954 falls on Saturday 27 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:48 on Sat 27 Mar to 12:28 on Sun 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 28 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:48 → 20:2811:3548 min11:340 min27 Mar
Chicago21:48 → 22:2811:3248 min11:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City22:48 → 23:2811:3848 min11:380 min27 Mar
Port of Spain23:48 → 00:2811:4848 min11:470 min27 Mar
London03:48 → 04:2811:4348 min11:420 min27 Mar
Durban05:48 → 06:2811:3748 min11:370 min27 Mar
Dubai07:48 → 08:2812:0148 min12:000 min27 Mar
Delhi09:18 → 09:5812:0348 min12:030 min27 Mar
Kolkata09:18 → 09:5811:1848 min11:180 min27 Mar
Singapore11:18 → 11:5812:1648 min12:160 min27 Mar
Sydney13:48 → 14:2811:370 min11:3648 min28 Mar
Suva15:48 → 16:2811:480 min11:4848 min28 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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