Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2023

Wednesday 15 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 505 minutes.

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 14 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 15 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 22:53 on Tue 14 Mar to 21:16 on Wed 15 Mar.

    2023-03-14T14:52:42Z → 2023-03-15T13:16:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 14th, 12:04–12:52 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 30278 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2023: Wednesday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2023 falls on Wednesday 15 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:53 on Tue 14 Mar to 21:16 on Wed 15 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:53 → 06:1612:3848 min12:380 min14 Mar
Chicago09:53 → 08:1612:3648 min12:360 min14 Mar
Jersey City10:53 → 09:1612:4248 min12:420 min14 Mar
Port of Spain10:53 → 09:1611:5148 min11:510 min14 Mar
London14:53 → 13:1611:460 min11:4648 min15 Mar
Durban16:53 → 15:1611:410 min11:4148 min15 Mar
Dubai18:53 → 17:1612:040 min12:0448 min15 Mar
Delhi20:23 → 18:4612:070 min12:0648 min15 Mar
Kolkata20:23 → 18:4611:220 min11:2248 min15 Mar
Singapore22:53 → 21:1612:500 min12:5048 min15 Mar
Sydney01:53 → 00:1612:400 min12:4048 min15 Mar
Suva02:53 → 01:1611:520 min11:5148 min15 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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