Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2045

Friday 10 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 137 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 10 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 11 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 08:02 on Fri 10 Mar to 09:47 on Sat 11 Mar.

    2045-03-10T00:01:59Z → 2045-03-11T01:47:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 10th, 12:04–12:52 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 8229 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2045: Friday 10 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2045 falls on Friday 10 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:02 on Fri 10 Mar to 09:47 on Sat 11 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2045/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:02 → 17:4711:3948 min11:390 min10 Mar
Chicago18:02 → 19:4711:3748 min11:370 min10 Mar
Jersey City19:02 → 20:4711:4348 min11:420 min10 Mar
Port of Spain20:02 → 21:4711:5248 min11:520 min10 Mar
London00:02 → 01:4711:4748 min11:470 min10 Mar
Durban02:02 → 03:4711:4248 min11:420 min10 Mar
Dubai04:02 → 05:4712:0548 min12:050 min10 Mar
Delhi05:32 → 07:1712:0848 min12:070 min10 Mar
Kolkata05:32 → 07:1711:2348 min11:230 min10 Mar
Singapore08:02 → 09:4712:5148 min12:510 min10 Mar
Sydney11:02 → 12:4712:4148 min12:416 min10 Mar
Suva12:02 → 13:4711:5238 min11:5248 min10 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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