Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2034

Monday 13 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 517 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 Monday 13 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

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 01:53 on Mon 13 Mar to 03:26 on Tue 14 Mar.

    2034-03-12T17:53:10Z → 2034-03-13T19:26:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 13th, 12:04–12:52 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 31049 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2034: Monday 13 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2034 falls on Monday 13 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:53 on Mon 13 Mar to 03:26 on Tue 14 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:53 → 12:2612:3948 min12:390 min12 Mar
Chicago12:53 → 14:2612:3731 min12:3648 min12 Mar
Jersey City13:53 → 15:2612:420 min12:4248 min13 Mar
Port of Spain13:53 → 15:2611:520 min11:5248 min13 Mar
London17:53 → 19:2611:470 min11:4648 min13 Mar
Durban19:53 → 21:2611:410 min11:4148 min13 Mar
Dubai21:53 → 23:2612:050 min12:0448 min13 Mar
Delhi23:23 → 00:5612:070 min12:0748 min13 Mar
Kolkata23:23 → 00:5611:220 min11:2248 min13 Mar
Singapore01:53 → 03:2612:500 min12:5048 min13 Mar
Sydney04:53 → 06:2612:410 min12:4048 min13 Mar
Suva05:53 → 07:2611:520 min11:5248 min13 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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