Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2043

Friday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 92 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 Thursday 2 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 14:19 on Thu 2 Apr to 15:24 on Fri 3 Apr.

    2043-04-02T06:18:36Z → 2043-04-03T07:23:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 5543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2043: Friday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2043 falls on Friday 3 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:19 on Thu 2 Apr to 15:24 on Fri 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles23:19 → 00:2412:3348 min12:320 min2 Apr
Chicago01:19 → 02:2412:3148 min12:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City02:19 → 03:2412:3648 min12:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain02:19 → 03:2411:4648 min11:450 min2 Apr
London07:19 → 08:2412:4148 min12:400 min2 Apr
Durban08:19 → 09:2411:3548 min11:350 min2 Apr
Dubai10:19 → 11:2411:5948 min11:580 min2 Apr
Delhi11:49 → 12:5412:0148 min12:0148 min2 Apr
Kolkata11:49 → 12:5411:1616 min11:1648 min2 Apr
Singapore14:19 → 15:2412:440 min12:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney17:19 → 18:2412:350 min12:3448 min3 Apr
Suva18:19 → 19:2411:460 min11:4648 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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