Midday of Thursday 4 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:58 12:46 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:10:37
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2002
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 10 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 4 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 5 April
Qualifies with 1 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the first 1
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:11 on Thu 4 Apr to 11:58 on Fri 5 Apr.
2002-04-04T03:10:37Z → 2002-04-05T03:58:28Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 1 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 70 s < 300 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2002: Thursday 4 April.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2002 falls on Thursday 4 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:11 on Thu 4 Apr to 11:58 on Fri 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 1 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 10 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 Apr |
| 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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:11 → 19:58 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Chicago | 21:11 → 21:58 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Jersey City | 22:11 → 22:58 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:11 → 23:58 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| London | 04:11 → 04:58 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Durban | 05:11 → 05:58 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:11 → 07:58 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:58 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Delhi | 08:41 → 09:28 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Kolkata | 08:41 → 09:28 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Singapore | 11:11 → 11:58 | 12:44 | 48 min | 12:43 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:11 → 13:58 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 5 Apr |
| Suva | 15:11 → 15:58 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 5 Apr |