Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2099

Saturday 14 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 123 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Friday 13 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 14 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

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 14:55 on Fri 13 Mar to 15:21 on Sat 14 Mar.

    2099-03-13T06:54:57Z → 2099-03-14T07:21:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 13th, 12:04–12:52 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 7364 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2099: Saturday 14 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 2099 falls on Saturday 14 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:55 on Fri 13 Mar to 15:21 on Sat 14 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2099/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:55 → 00:2112:3948 min12:390 min13 Mar
Chicago01:55 → 02:2112:3748 min12:360 min13 Mar
Jersey City02:55 → 03:2112:4248 min12:420 min13 Mar
Port of Spain02:55 → 03:2111:5248 min11:510 min13 Mar
London06:55 → 07:2111:4748 min11:460 min13 Mar
Durban08:55 → 09:2111:4148 min11:410 min13 Mar
Dubai10:55 → 11:2112:0548 min12:040 min13 Mar
Delhi12:25 → 12:5112:0730 min12:0745 min13 Mar
Kolkata12:25 → 12:5111:220 min11:2248 min14 Mar
Singapore14:55 → 15:2112:500 min12:5048 min14 Mar
Sydney17:55 → 18:2112:410 min12:4048 min14 Mar
Suva18:55 → 19:2111:520 min11:5248 min14 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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