Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2067

Wednesday 9 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 13 s.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 8 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 13:00:35
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 9 March

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:26:12
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 13:01 on Tue 8 Mar to 11:26 on Wed 9 Mar.

    2067-03-08T05:00:35Z → 2067-03-09T03:26:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 8th, 12:05–12:53 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 433 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2067: Wednesday 9 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2067 falls on Wednesday 9 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:01 on Tue 8 Mar to 11:26 on Wed 9 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2067/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:01 → 19:2611:4048 min11:400 min8 Mar
Chicago23:01 → 21:2611:3848 min11:370 min8 Mar
Jersey City00:01 → 22:2611:4348 min11:430 min8 Mar
Port of Spain01:01 → 23:2611:5348 min11:530 min8 Mar
London05:01 → 03:2611:4848 min11:480 min8 Mar
Durban07:01 → 05:2611:4348 min11:420 min8 Mar
Dubai09:01 → 07:2612:0648 min12:060 min8 Mar
Delhi10:31 → 08:5612:0848 min12:080 min8 Mar
Kolkata10:31 → 08:5611:2448 min11:230 min8 Mar
Singapore13:01 → 11:2612:5239 min12:510 min8 Mar
Sydney16:01 → 14:2612:420 min12:4248 min9 Mar
Suva17:01 → 15:2611:530 min11:5348 min9 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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