Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2042

Saturday 15 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 378 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 15 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

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 19:10 on Fri 14 Mar to 19:20 on Sat 15 Mar.

    2042-03-14T11:10:07Z → 2042-03-15T11:20:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 14th, 12:03–12:51 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 22705 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2042: Saturday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2042 falls on Saturday 15 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:10 on Fri 14 Mar to 19:20 on Sat 15 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:10 → 04:2012:3848 min12:380 min14 Mar
Chicago06:10 → 06:2012:3648 min12:360 min14 Mar
Jersey City07:10 → 07:2012:4248 min12:410 min14 Mar
Port of Spain07:10 → 07:2011:5148 min11:510 min14 Mar
London11:10 → 11:2011:4648 min11:460 min14 Mar
Durban13:10 → 13:2011:410 min11:4148 min15 Mar
Dubai15:10 → 15:2012:040 min12:0448 min15 Mar
Delhi16:40 → 16:5012:060 min12:0648 min15 Mar
Kolkata16:40 → 16:5011:220 min11:2248 min15 Mar
Singapore19:10 → 19:2012:500 min12:5048 min15 Mar
Sydney22:10 → 22:2012:400 min12:4048 min15 Mar
Suva23:10 → 23:2011:510 min11:5148 min15 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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