Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1965

Thursday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 453 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 Wednesday 24 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 Thursday 25 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 20:22 on Wed 24 Mar to 22:54 on Thu 25 Mar.

    1965-03-24T12:21:54Z → 1965-03-25T14:54:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 27180 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1965: Thursday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1965 falls on Thursday 25 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:22 on Wed 24 Mar to 22:54 on Thu 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:22 → 06:5411:3548 min11:350 min24 Mar
Chicago06:22 → 08:5411:3348 min11:330 min24 Mar
Jersey City07:22 → 09:5411:3948 min11:390 min24 Mar
Port of Spain08:22 → 10:5411:4848 min11:480 min24 Mar
London13:22 → 15:5412:439 min12:4348 min24 Mar
Durban14:22 → 16:5411:380 min11:3848 min25 Mar
Dubai16:22 → 18:5412:010 min12:0148 min25 Mar
Delhi17:52 → 20:2412:040 min12:0348 min25 Mar
Kolkata17:52 → 20:2411:190 min11:1948 min25 Mar
Singapore19:52 → 22:2412:170 min12:1748 min25 Mar
Sydney22:22 → 00:5411:370 min11:3748 min25 Mar
Suva00:22 → 02:5411:490 min11:4848 min25 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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