Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2092

Sunday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 405 minutes.

Decide it for

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 30 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 31 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 05:14 on Sun 30 Mar to 03:38 on Mon 31 Mar.

    2092-03-29T21:14:25Z → 2092-03-30T19:38:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 24276 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2092: Sunday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2092 falls on Sunday 30 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:14 on Sun 30 Mar to 03:38 on Mon 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2092/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:14 → 12:3812:340 min12:345 min30 Mar
Chicago16:14 → 14:3812:320 min12:3148 min30 Mar
Jersey City17:14 → 15:3812:370 min12:3748 min30 Mar
Port of Spain17:14 → 15:3811:470 min11:4748 min30 Mar
London21:14 → 20:3811:420 min12:4148 min30 Mar
Durban23:14 → 21:3811:360 min11:3648 min30 Mar
Dubai01:14 → 23:3812:000 min11:5948 min30 Mar
Delhi02:44 → 01:0812:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata02:44 → 01:0811:180 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore05:14 → 03:3812:450 min12:4548 min30 Mar
Sydney08:14 → 06:3812:360 min12:3548 min30 Mar
Suva09:14 → 07:3811:470 min11:4748 min30 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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