Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1974

Saturday 16 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 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 Friday 15 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 14:09 on Fri 15 Mar to 16:28 on Sat 16 Mar.

    1974-03-15T06:09:29Z → 1974-03-16T08:27:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 15th, 12:03–12:51 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 4673 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1974: Saturday 16 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1974 falls on Saturday 16 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:09 on Fri 15 Mar to 16:28 on Sat 16 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:09 → 01:2812:3848 min12:380 min15 Mar
Chicago01:09 → 03:2812:3648 min12:360 min15 Mar
Jersey City02:09 → 04:2812:4248 min12:410 min15 Mar
Port of Spain02:09 → 04:2811:5148 min11:510 min15 Mar
London06:09 → 08:2811:4648 min11:460 min15 Mar
Durban08:09 → 10:2811:4148 min11:400 min15 Mar
Dubai10:09 → 12:2812:0448 min12:0424 min15 Mar
Delhi11:39 → 13:5812:0648 min12:0648 min15 Mar
Kolkata11:39 → 13:5811:2230 min11:2248 min15 Mar
Singapore13:39 → 15:5812:200 min12:1948 min16 Mar
Sydney16:09 → 18:2811:400 min11:4048 min16 Mar
Suva18:09 → 20:2811:510 min11:5148 min16 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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