Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2044

Monday 21 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 21 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:38:58
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 22 March

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 11:39 on Mon 21 Mar to 14:04 on Tue 22 Mar.

    2044-03-21T03:38:59Z → 2044-03-22T06:04:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1355 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2044: Monday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2044 falls on Monday 21 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:39 on Mon 21 Mar to 14:04 on Tue 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:39 → 23:0412:3648 min12:360 min21 Mar
Chicago22:39 → 01:0412:3448 min12:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City23:39 → 02:0412:4048 min12:390 min21 Mar
Port of Spain23:39 → 02:0411:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London03:39 → 06:0411:4448 min11:440 min21 Mar
Durban05:39 → 08:0411:3948 min11:380 min21 Mar
Dubai07:39 → 10:0412:0248 min12:020 min21 Mar
Delhi09:09 → 11:3412:0448 min12:040 min21 Mar
Kolkata09:09 → 11:3411:2048 min11:1915 min21 Mar
Singapore11:39 → 14:0412:4848 min12:4748 min21 Mar
Sydney14:39 → 17:0412:380 min12:3848 min22 Mar
Suva15:39 → 18:0411:490 min11:4948 min22 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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