Midday of Saturday 25 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:01 12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2079
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 07 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 25 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 26 March
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:39 on Sat 25 Mar to 12:48 on Sun 26 Mar.
2079-03-25T02:39:22Z → 2079-03-26T04:48:29Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 7 s < 300 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2079: Saturday 25 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2079 falls on Saturday 25 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:39 on Sat 25 Mar to 12:48 on Sun 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 07 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:39 → 21:48 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 21:39 → 23:48 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 22:39 → 00:48 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 22:39 → 00:48 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 02:39 → 05:48 | 11:43 | 48 min | 12:43 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 04:39 → 06:48 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 06:39 → 08:48 | 12:01 | 48 min | 12:01 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:09 → 10:18 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:03 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:09 → 10:18 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 10:39 → 12:48 | 12:47 | 48 min | 12:46 | 2 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 13:39 → 15:48 | 12:37 | 0 min | 12:37 | 48 min | 26 Mar |
| Suva | 14:39 → 16:48 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 26 Mar |