Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2035

Sunday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 310 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 Saturday 31 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 17:57 on Sat 31 Mar to 20:12 on Sun 1 Apr.

    2035-03-31T09:56:59Z → 2035-04-01T12:11:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 31st, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 18611 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2035: Sunday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2035 falls on Sunday 1 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:57 on Sat 31 Mar to 20:12 on Sun 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:57 → 05:1212:3348 min12:330 min31 Mar
Chicago04:57 → 07:1212:3148 min12:310 min31 Mar
Jersey City05:57 → 08:1212:3748 min12:370 min31 Mar
Port of Spain05:57 → 08:1211:4648 min11:460 min31 Mar
London10:57 → 13:1212:4148 min12:4131 min31 Mar
Durban11:57 → 14:1211:3627 min11:3648 min31 Mar
Dubai13:57 → 16:1211:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi15:27 → 17:4212:020 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata15:27 → 17:4211:170 min11:1748 min1 Apr
Singapore17:57 → 20:1212:450 min12:4548 min1 Apr
Sydney20:57 → 22:1212:350 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Suva21:57 → 00:1211:470 min11:4648 min1 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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