Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1984

Saturday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 449 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 Saturday 24 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

Midday of Sunday 25 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 03:36 on Sat 24 Mar to 04:32 on Sun 25 Mar.

    1984-03-23T19:35:52Z → 1984-03-24T20:31:38Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 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 26933 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1984: Saturday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1984 falls on Saturday 24 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:36 on Sat 24 Mar to 04:32 on Sun 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:36 → 12:3211:3648 min11:3548 min23 Mar
Chicago13:36 → 14:3211:330 min11:3348 min24 Mar
Jersey City14:36 → 15:3211:390 min11:3948 min24 Mar
Port of Spain15:36 → 16:3211:490 min11:4848 min24 Mar
London19:36 → 20:3211:440 min11:4348 min24 Mar
Durban21:36 → 22:3211:380 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Dubai23:36 → 00:3212:020 min12:0148 min24 Mar
Delhi01:06 → 02:0212:040 min12:0448 min24 Mar
Kolkata01:06 → 02:0211:190 min11:1948 min24 Mar
Singapore03:36 → 04:3212:470 min12:4748 min24 Mar
Sydney05:36 → 06:3211:380 min11:3748 min24 Mar
Suva07:36 → 08:3211:490 min11:4948 min24 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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