Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2029

Wednesday 7 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 463 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Wednesday 7 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 8 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 04:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 03:31 on Thu 8 Mar.

    2029-03-06T20:22:52Z → 2029-03-07T19:30:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 7th, 12:05–12:53 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 27755 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2029: Wednesday 7 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2029 falls on Wednesday 7 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:23 on Wed 7 Mar to 03:31 on Thu 8 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2029/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:23 → 11:3111:405 min11:400 min6 Mar
Chicago14:23 → 13:3111:380 min11:3848 min7 Mar
Jersey City15:23 → 14:3111:440 min11:4448 min7 Mar
Port of Spain16:23 → 15:3111:530 min11:5348 min7 Mar
London20:23 → 19:3111:480 min11:4848 min7 Mar
Durban22:23 → 21:3111:430 min11:4348 min7 Mar
Dubai00:23 → 23:3112:060 min12:0648 min7 Mar
Delhi01:53 → 01:0112:080 min12:0848 min7 Mar
Kolkata01:53 → 01:0111:240 min11:2448 min7 Mar
Singapore04:23 → 03:3112:520 min12:5248 min7 Mar
Sydney07:23 → 06:3112:420 min12:4248 min7 Mar
Suva08:23 → 07:3111:530 min11:5348 min7 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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