Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2062

Sunday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 356 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 1 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 Sunday 2 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 18:42 on Sat 1 Apr to 21:08 on Sun 2 Apr.

    2062-04-01T10:42:17Z → 2062-04-02T13:07:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 21351 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2062: Sunday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2062 falls on Sunday 2 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:42 on Sat 1 Apr to 21:08 on Sun 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:42 → 06:0812:3348 min12:330 min1 Apr
Chicago05:42 → 08:0812:3148 min12:300 min1 Apr
Jersey City06:42 → 09:0812:3648 min12:360 min1 Apr
Port of Spain06:42 → 09:0811:4648 min11:460 min1 Apr
London11:42 → 14:0812:4148 min12:4148 min1 Apr
Durban12:42 → 15:0811:360 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Dubai14:42 → 17:0811:590 min11:5948 min2 Apr
Delhi16:12 → 18:3812:010 min12:0148 min2 Apr
Kolkata16:12 → 18:3811:170 min11:1648 min2 Apr
Singapore18:42 → 21:0812:450 min12:4448 min2 Apr
Sydney21:42 → 23:0812:350 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Suva22:42 → 01:0811:460 min11:4648 min2 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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