Midday of Saturday 30 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:21 12:09 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:07:58
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1940
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 05 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 30 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Midday of Sunday 31 March
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sat 30 Mar to 12:42 on Sun 31 Mar.
1940-03-30T04:07:59Z → 1940-03-31T04:42:12Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 30th, 11:21–12:09 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 1 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 65 s < 300 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1940: Saturday 30 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Śītalāṣṭamī 1940 falls on Saturday 30 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Sat 30 Mar to 12:42 on Sun 31 Mar and covers 1 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 05 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 30 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 30 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 30 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:08 → 20:42 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:08 → 22:42 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:08 → 23:42 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:08 → 00:42 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| London | 05:08 → 05:42 | 12:42 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 06:08 → 06:42 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:08 → 08:42 | 12:00 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:38 → 10:12 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:38 → 10:12 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:28 → 12:02 | 12:05 | 48 min | 12:05 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:08 → 14:42 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 31 Mar |
| Suva | 16:08 → 16:42 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 31 Mar |