Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2022

Friday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 560 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 25 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 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 02:40 on Fri 25 Mar to 00:35 on Sat 26 Mar.

    2022-03-24T18:40:16Z → 2022-03-25T16:34:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 33617 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2022: Friday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2022 falls on Friday 25 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:40 on Fri 25 Mar to 00:35 on Sat 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:40 → 09:3512:3548 min12:350 min24 Mar
Chicago13:40 → 11:3512:330 min12:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City14:40 → 12:3512:390 min12:390 min25 Mar
Port of Spain14:40 → 12:3511:480 min11:4847 min25 Mar
London18:40 → 16:3511:430 min11:4348 min25 Mar
Durban20:40 → 18:3511:380 min11:3848 min25 Mar
Dubai22:40 → 20:3512:010 min12:0148 min25 Mar
Delhi00:10 → 22:0512:040 min12:0348 min25 Mar
Kolkata00:10 → 22:0511:190 min11:1948 min25 Mar
Singapore02:40 → 00:3512:470 min12:4748 min25 Mar
Sydney05:40 → 03:3512:370 min12:3748 min25 Mar
Suva06:40 → 04:3511:490 min11:4848 min25 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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