Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2096

Saturday 17 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 538 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 Saturday 17 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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 01:26 on Sat 17 Mar to 03:04 on Sun 18 Mar.

    2096-03-16T17:25:38Z → 2096-03-17T19:04:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 17th, 12:03–12:51 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 32293 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2096: Saturday 17 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2096 falls on Saturday 17 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:26 on Sat 17 Mar to 03:04 on Sun 18 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:26 → 12:0412:3848 min12:370 min16 Mar
Chicago12:26 → 14:0412:3548 min12:3548 min16 Mar
Jersey City13:26 → 15:0412:414 min12:4148 min16 Mar
Port of Spain13:26 → 15:0411:510 min11:5048 min17 Mar
London17:26 → 19:0411:460 min11:4548 min17 Mar
Durban19:26 → 21:0411:400 min11:4048 min17 Mar
Dubai21:26 → 23:0412:040 min12:0348 min17 Mar
Delhi22:56 → 00:3412:060 min12:0648 min17 Mar
Kolkata22:56 → 00:3411:210 min11:2148 min17 Mar
Singapore01:26 → 03:0412:490 min12:4948 min17 Mar
Sydney04:26 → 06:0412:400 min12:3948 min17 Mar
Suva05:26 → 07:0411:510 min11:5148 min17 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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