Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2088

Monday 15 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 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 Monday 15 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 04:15 on Mon 15 Mar to 06:44 on Tue 16 Mar.

    2088-03-14T20:15:00Z → 2088-03-15T22:43:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 15th, 12:03–12:51 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 19171 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2088: Monday 15 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2088 falls on Monday 15 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:15 on Mon 15 Mar to 06:44 on Tue 16 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:15 → 15:4412:3811 min12:3848 min14 Mar
Chicago15:15 → 17:4412:360 min12:3648 min15 Mar
Jersey City16:15 → 18:4412:420 min12:4148 min15 Mar
Port of Spain16:15 → 18:4411:510 min11:5148 min15 Mar
London20:15 → 22:4411:460 min11:4648 min15 Mar
Durban22:15 → 00:4411:410 min11:4148 min15 Mar
Dubai00:15 → 02:4412:040 min12:0448 min15 Mar
Delhi01:45 → 04:1412:060 min12:0648 min15 Mar
Kolkata01:45 → 04:1411:220 min11:2248 min15 Mar
Singapore04:15 → 06:4412:500 min12:5048 min15 Mar
Sydney07:15 → 09:4412:400 min12:4048 min15 Mar
Suva08:15 → 10:4411:510 min11:5148 min15 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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