Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2008

Sunday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 240 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 29 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 16:48 on Sat 29 Mar to 18:39 on Sun 30 Mar.

    2008-03-29T08:47:32Z → 2008-03-30T10:39:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 14418 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2008: Sunday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2008 falls on Sunday 30 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:48 on Sat 29 Mar to 18:39 on Sun 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:48 → 03:3912:3448 min12:340 min29 Mar
Chicago03:48 → 05:3912:3248 min12:310 min29 Mar
Jersey City04:48 → 06:3912:3748 min12:370 min29 Mar
Port of Spain04:48 → 06:3911:4748 min11:460 min29 Mar
London08:48 → 11:3911:4248 min12:410 min29 Mar
Durban10:48 → 12:3911:3648 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Dubai12:48 → 14:3912:000 min11:5948 min29 Mar
Delhi14:18 → 16:0912:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata14:18 → 16:0911:170 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore16:48 → 18:3912:450 min12:4548 min30 Mar
Sydney19:48 → 21:3912:360 min12:3548 min30 Mar
Suva20:48 → 22:3911:470 min11:4748 min30 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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