Midday of Monday 19 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:24 12:12 madhyāhna ends
10:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:00
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1990
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 19 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 20 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:32 on Mon 19 Mar to 11:20 on Tue 20 Mar.
1990-03-19T01:32:29Z → 1990-03-20T03:20:20Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:24–12:12 on the 19th, 11:24–12:12 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 224 s < 300 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1990: Monday 19 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Śītalāṣṭamī 1990 falls on Monday 19 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:32 on Mon 19 Mar to 11:20 on Tue 20 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 19 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 19 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 19 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:32 → 19:20 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:32 → 21:20 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:32 → 22:20 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:32 → 23:20 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:50 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| London | 01:32 → 03:20 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Durban | 03:32 → 05:20 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:32 → 07:20 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:03 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Delhi | 07:02 → 08:50 | 12:05 | 48 min | 12:05 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Kolkata | 07:02 → 08:50 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Singapore | 09:32 → 11:20 | 12:49 | 48 min | 12:48 | 0 min | 19 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:32 → 13:20 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 19 Mar |
| Suva | 13:32 → 15:20 | 11:50 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 20 Mar |