Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2072

Friday 11 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 46 s.

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 Friday 11 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 12 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:58:22
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 10:51 on Fri 11 Mar to 11:58 on Sat 12 Mar.

    2072-03-11T02:51:15Z → 2072-03-12T03:58:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 346 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2072: Friday 11 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2072 falls on Friday 11 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:51 on Fri 11 Mar to 11:58 on Sat 12 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:51 → 19:5811:3948 min11:390 min11 Mar
Chicago20:51 → 21:5811:3748 min11:360 min11 Mar
Jersey City21:51 → 22:5811:4248 min11:420 min11 Mar
Port of Spain22:51 → 23:5811:5248 min11:520 min11 Mar
London02:51 → 03:5811:4748 min11:470 min11 Mar
Durban04:51 → 05:5811:4248 min11:410 min11 Mar
Dubai06:51 → 07:5812:0548 min12:050 min11 Mar
Delhi08:21 → 09:2812:0748 min12:070 min11 Mar
Kolkata08:21 → 09:2811:2348 min11:220 min11 Mar
Singapore10:51 → 11:5812:5148 min12:500 min11 Mar
Sydney13:51 → 14:5812:410 min12:4148 min12 Mar
Suva14:51 → 15:5811:520 min11:5248 min12 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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