Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2075

Sunday 10 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 144 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 9 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 17:20 on Sat 9 Mar to 15:17 on Sun 10 Mar.

    2075-03-09T09:19:48Z → 2075-03-10T07:16:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 9th, 12:05–12:53 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 8644 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2075: Sunday 10 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2075 falls on Sunday 10 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:20 on Sat 9 Mar to 15:17 on Sun 10 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2075/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:20 → 23:1711:4048 min12:390 min9 Mar
Chicago03:20 → 01:1711:3748 min12:370 min9 Mar
Jersey City04:20 → 03:1711:4348 min12:430 min9 Mar
Port of Spain05:20 → 03:1711:5348 min11:520 min9 Mar
London09:20 → 07:1711:4848 min11:470 min9 Mar
Durban11:20 → 09:1711:4248 min11:420 min9 Mar
Dubai13:20 → 11:1712:060 min12:050 min10 Mar
Delhi14:50 → 12:4712:080 min12:0839 min10 Mar
Kolkata14:50 → 12:4711:230 min11:2348 min10 Mar
Singapore17:20 → 15:1712:510 min12:5148 min10 Mar
Sydney20:20 → 18:1712:420 min12:4148 min10 Mar
Suva21:20 → 19:1711:530 min11:5348 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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