Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1976

Tuesday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 113 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 Monday 22 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 Tuesday 23 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 15:17 on Mon 22 Mar to 14:42 on Tue 23 Mar.

    1976-03-22T07:16:58Z → 1976-03-23T06:41:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd, 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 6764 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1976: Tuesday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1976 falls on Tuesday 23 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:17 on Mon 22 Mar to 14:42 on Tue 23 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:17 → 22:4211:3648 min11:360 min22 Mar
Chicago01:17 → 00:4211:3448 min11:330 min22 Mar
Jersey City02:17 → 01:4211:3948 min11:390 min22 Mar
Port of Spain03:17 → 02:4211:4948 min11:490 min22 Mar
London08:17 → 07:4212:4448 min12:440 min22 Mar
Durban09:17 → 08:4211:3948 min11:380 min22 Mar
Dubai11:17 → 10:4212:0248 min12:020 min22 Mar
Delhi12:47 → 12:1212:045 min12:048 min22 Mar
Kolkata12:47 → 12:1211:200 min11:1948 min23 Mar
Singapore14:47 → 14:1212:180 min12:1748 min23 Mar
Sydney17:17 → 16:4211:380 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Suva19:17 → 18:4211:490 min11:4948 min23 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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