Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2068

Tuesday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 58 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 Monday 26 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 14:47 on Mon 26 Mar to 13:46 on Tue 27 Mar.

    2068-03-26T06:46:58Z → 2068-03-27T05:45:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 3480 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2068: Tuesday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2068 falls on Tuesday 27 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:47 on Mon 26 Mar to 13:46 on Tue 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:47 → 22:4612:3548 min12:340 min26 Mar
Chicago01:47 → 00:4612:3248 min12:320 min26 Mar
Jersey City02:47 → 01:4612:3848 min12:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain02:47 → 01:4611:4848 min11:470 min26 Mar
London07:47 → 06:4612:4348 min12:420 min26 Mar
Durban08:47 → 07:4611:3748 min11:370 min26 Mar
Dubai10:47 → 09:4612:0148 min12:000 min26 Mar
Delhi12:17 → 11:1612:0334 min12:030 min26 Mar
Kolkata12:17 → 11:1611:180 min11:180 min27 Mar
Singapore14:47 → 13:4612:460 min12:4648 min27 Mar
Sydney17:47 → 16:4612:370 min12:3648 min27 Mar
Suva18:47 → 17:4611:480 min11:4848 min27 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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