Midday of Wednesday 28 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:00 12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1962
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 654 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 28 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 29 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:30 on Thu 29 Mar to 23:42 on Thu 29 Mar.
1962-03-28T16:30:20Z → 1962-03-29T15:41:37Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 11:59–12:47 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 39248 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1962: Thursday 29 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1962 falls on Thursday 29 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:30 on Thu 29 Mar to 23:42 on Thu 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 29 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 29 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 29 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:30 → 07:42 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:30 → 09:42 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:30 → 10:42 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:30 → 11:42 | 11:47 | 5 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 28 Mar |
| London | 17:30 → 16:42 | 12:42 | 0 min | 12:42 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Durban | 18:30 → 17:42 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:30 → 19:42 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:00 → 21:12 | 12:03 | 0 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:00 → 21:12 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:00 → 23:12 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:30 → 01:42 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 29 Mar |
| Suva | 04:30 → 03:42 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 29 Mar |