Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2007

Monday 12 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 629 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 Sunday 11 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 12 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 23:22 on Sun 11 Mar to 00:16 on Tue 13 Mar.

    2007-03-11T15:21:38Z → 2007-03-12T16:15:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 11th, 12:04–12:52 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 37739 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2007: Monday 12 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2007 falls on Monday 12 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:22 on Sun 11 Mar to 00:16 on Tue 13 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 12 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 12 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:22 → 09:1612:3948 min12:390 min11 Mar
Chicago10:22 → 11:1612:3748 min12:370 min11 Mar
Jersey City11:22 → 12:1612:4348 min12:420 min11 Mar
Port of Spain11:22 → 12:1611:5248 min11:5224 min11 Mar
London15:22 → 16:1611:470 min11:4748 min12 Mar
Durban17:22 → 18:1611:420 min11:4248 min12 Mar
Dubai19:22 → 20:1612:050 min12:0548 min12 Mar
Delhi20:52 → 21:4612:070 min12:0748 min12 Mar
Kolkata20:52 → 21:4611:230 min11:2348 min12 Mar
Singapore23:22 → 00:1612:510 min12:5148 min12 Mar
Sydney02:22 → 03:1612:410 min12:4148 min12 Mar
Suva03:22 → 04:1611:520 min11:5248 min12 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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