Ruling · Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) · 2035

Thursday 8 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 421 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Wednesday 7 March

Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:05  00:53 niśītha ends
23:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 8 March

Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:05  00:53 niśītha ends
23:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 08:02 on Thu 8 Mar to 07:53 on Fri 9 Mar.

    2035-03-08T00:02:28Z → 2035-03-08T23:53:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:05–00:53 on the 7th, 00:05–00:53 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 25242 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 2035: Thursday 8 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) 2035 falls on Thursday 8 March. Caturdaśī runs from 08:02 on Thu 8 Mar to 07:53 on Fri 9 Mar and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2035/maha-shivaratri · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Disputed
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīNiśītha 8thCoveredNiśītha 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:02 → 15:5323:390 min23:390 min7 Mar
Chicago18:02 → 17:5323:370 min23:370 min7 Mar
Jersey City19:02 → 18:5323:430 min23:420 min7 Mar
Port of Spain20:02 → 19:5323:530 min23:520 min7 Mar
London00:02 → 23:5323:477 min23:460 min7 Mar
Durban02:02 → 01:5323:4348 min23:430 min8 Mar
Dubai04:02 → 03:5300:0548 min00:050 min8 Mar
Delhi05:32 → 05:2300:0848 min00:070 min8 Mar
Kolkata05:32 → 05:2323:2348 min23:230 min8 Mar
Singapore08:02 → 07:5300:5148 min00:510 min8 Mar
Sydney11:02 → 10:5300:4248 min00:420 min8 Mar
Suva12:02 → 11:5323:5348 min23:530 min8 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
maha-shivaratri@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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