Midday of Sunday 14 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
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1993
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 679 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 14 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 15 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:11 on Mon 15 Mar to 00:34 on Tue 16 Mar.
1993-03-14T16:11:14Z → 1993-03-15T16:33:32Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 14th, 12:03–12:51 on the 15th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 40769 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1993: Monday 15 March.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1993 falls on Monday 15 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:11 on Mon 15 Mar to 00:34 on Tue 16 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 15 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 15 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 15 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:11 → 08:34 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:11 → 10:34 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:11 → 11:34 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 14 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:11 → 12:34 | 11:51 | 28 min | 11:51 | 43 min | 14 Mar |
| London | 16:11 → 16:34 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Durban | 18:11 → 18:34 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:11 → 20:34 | 12:04 | 0 min | 12:04 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Delhi | 21:41 → 22:04 | 12:07 | 0 min | 12:06 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Kolkata | 21:41 → 22:04 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:11 → 00:34 | 12:50 | 0 min | 12:50 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:11 → 02:34 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 15 Mar |
| Suva | 04:11 → 04:34 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:51 | 48 min | 15 Mar |