Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2032

Saturday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 293 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 Saturday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 07:05 on Sat 3 Apr to 05:10 on Sun 4 Apr.

    2032-04-02T23:05:06Z → 2032-04-03T21:09:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:57–12:45 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 17556 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2032: Saturday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2032 falls on Saturday 3 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:05 on Sat 3 Apr to 05:10 on Sun 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Apr
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:05 → 14:1012:330 min12:3248 min3 Apr
Chicago18:05 → 16:1012:300 min12:3048 min3 Apr
Jersey City19:05 → 17:1012:360 min12:3648 min3 Apr
Port of Spain19:05 → 17:1011:460 min11:4548 min3 Apr
London00:05 → 22:1012:400 min12:4048 min3 Apr
Durban01:05 → 23:1011:350 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Dubai03:05 → 01:1011:580 min11:5848 min3 Apr
Delhi04:35 → 02:4012:010 min12:0048 min3 Apr
Kolkata04:35 → 02:4011:160 min11:1648 min3 Apr
Singapore07:05 → 05:1012:440 min12:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney10:05 → 07:1012:340 min12:3448 min3 Apr
Suva11:05 → 09:1011:460 min11:4548 min3 Apr
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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