Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2085

Monday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 427 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 Sunday 18 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 19 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 21:29 on Sun 18 Mar to 19:57 on Mon 19 Mar.

    2085-03-18T13:28:44Z → 2085-03-19T11:56:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 18th, 12:02–12:50 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 25593 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2085: Monday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2085 falls on Monday 19 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:29 on Sun 18 Mar to 19:57 on Mon 19 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2085/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:29 → 04:5712:3748 min12:370 min18 Mar
Chicago08:29 → 06:5712:3548 min12:350 min18 Mar
Jersey City09:29 → 07:5712:4148 min12:400 min18 Mar
Port of Spain09:29 → 07:5711:5048 min11:500 min18 Mar
London13:29 → 11:5711:450 min11:4512 min19 Mar
Durban15:29 → 13:5711:400 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Dubai17:29 → 15:5712:030 min12:0348 min19 Mar
Delhi18:59 → 17:2712:050 min12:0548 min19 Mar
Kolkata18:59 → 17:2711:210 min11:2148 min19 Mar
Singapore21:29 → 19:5712:490 min12:4848 min19 Mar
Sydney00:29 → 22:5712:390 min12:3948 min19 Mar
Suva01:29 → 23:5711:500 min11:5048 min19 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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