Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2095

Tuesday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 472 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 28 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 Tuesday 29 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 21:02 on Mon 28 Mar to 20:40 on Tue 29 Mar.

    2095-03-28T13:01:35Z → 2095-03-29T12:39:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 12:00–12:48 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 28323 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2095: Tuesday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2095 falls on Tuesday 29 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:02 on Mon 28 Mar to 20:40 on Tue 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:02 → 05:4012:3448 min12:340 min28 Mar
Chicago08:02 → 07:4012:3248 min12:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City09:02 → 08:4012:3848 min12:380 min28 Mar
Port of Spain09:02 → 08:4011:4748 min11:470 min28 Mar
London14:02 → 13:4012:420 min12:4248 min29 Mar
Durban15:02 → 14:4011:370 min11:3748 min29 Mar
Dubai17:02 → 16:4012:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi18:32 → 18:1012:030 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata18:32 → 18:1011:180 min11:1848 min29 Mar
Singapore21:02 → 20:4012:460 min12:4648 min29 Mar
Sydney00:02 → 23:4012:360 min12:3648 min29 Mar
Suva01:02 → 00:4011:480 min11:4748 min29 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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