Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2076

Saturday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 402 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 Friday 27 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 Saturday 28 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 21:19 on Fri 27 Mar to 19:30 on Sat 28 Mar.

    2076-03-27T13:19:12Z → 2076-03-28T11:29:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 24134 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2076: Saturday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2076 falls on Saturday 28 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:19 on Fri 27 Mar to 19:30 on Sat 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:19 → 04:3012:3448 min12:340 min27 Mar
Chicago08:19 → 06:3012:3248 min12:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City09:19 → 07:3012:3848 min12:380 min27 Mar
Port of Spain09:19 → 07:3011:4748 min11:470 min27 Mar
London13:19 → 11:3011:420 min11:420 min28 Mar
Durban15:19 → 13:3011:370 min11:3748 min28 Mar
Dubai17:19 → 15:3012:000 min12:0048 min28 Mar
Delhi18:49 → 17:0012:030 min12:0248 min28 Mar
Kolkata18:49 → 17:0011:180 min11:1848 min28 Mar
Singapore21:19 → 19:3012:460 min12:4648 min28 Mar
Sydney00:19 → 22:3012:360 min12:3648 min28 Mar
Suva01:19 → 23:3011:480 min11:4748 min28 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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