Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1963

Monday 18 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 203 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 18 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 19 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:26 on Mon 18 Mar to 08:39 on Tue 19 Mar.

    1963-03-17T23:25:39Z → 1963-03-19T00:39:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 18th, 12:03–12:51 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 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 12198 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1963: Monday 18 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1963 falls on Monday 18 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:26 on Mon 18 Mar to 08:39 on Tue 19 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:26 → 16:3911:380 min11:370 min18 Mar
Chicago17:26 → 18:3911:350 min11:350 min18 Mar
Jersey City18:26 → 19:3911:410 min11:410 min18 Mar
Port of Spain19:26 → 20:3911:510 min11:500 min18 Mar
London23:26 → 00:3911:460 min11:450 min18 Mar
Durban01:26 → 02:3911:400 min11:400 min18 Mar
Dubai03:26 → 04:3912:040 min12:030 min18 Mar
Delhi04:56 → 06:0912:060 min12:050 min18 Mar
Kolkata04:56 → 06:0911:210 min11:210 min18 Mar
Singapore06:56 → 08:0912:190 min12:190 min18 Mar
Sydney09:26 → 10:3911:400 min11:390 min18 Mar
Suva11:26 → 12:3911:510 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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