Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1996

Wednesday 13 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 06 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 12 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 Wednesday 13 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:13:03
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

9 of 48 minutes covered, the first 9

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 14:12 on Tue 12 Mar to 12:13 on Wed 13 Mar.

    1996-03-12T06:11:44Z → 1996-03-13T04:13:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 12th, 12:04–12:52 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 9 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 546 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1996: Wednesday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1996 falls on Wednesday 13 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:12 on Tue 12 Mar to 12:13 on Wed 13 Mar and covers 9 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:12 → 20:1311:3948 min11:390 min12 Mar
Chicago00:12 → 22:1311:3748 min11:360 min12 Mar
Jersey City01:12 → 23:1311:4248 min11:420 min12 Mar
Port of Spain02:12 → 00:1311:5248 min11:520 min12 Mar
London06:12 → 04:1311:4748 min11:460 min12 Mar
Durban08:12 → 06:1311:4148 min11:410 min12 Mar
Dubai10:12 → 08:1312:0548 min12:040 min12 Mar
Delhi11:42 → 09:4312:0748 min12:070 min12 Mar
Kolkata11:42 → 09:4311:2229 min11:220 min12 Mar
Singapore14:12 → 12:1312:500 min12:500 min13 Mar
Sydney17:12 → 15:1312:410 min12:4048 min13 Mar
Suva18:12 → 16:1311:520 min11:5248 min13 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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