Midday of Tuesday 10 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 2026
Determinatein Durban, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 595 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 10 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 11 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:25 on Tue 10 Mar to 00:50 on Thu 12 Mar.
2026-03-10T20:24:49Z → 2026-03-11T22:49:58Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 10th, 11:42–12:30 on the 11th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.
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 35695 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Durban, 2026: Wednesday 11 March.
confidence: determinate
In Durban, Śītalāṣṭamī 2026 falls on Wednesday 11 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:25 on Tue 10 Mar to 00:50 on Thu 12 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 11 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 11 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 11 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Durban. | ||
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 10th | Covered | Madhyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:25 → 15:50 | 12:39 | 3 min | 12:39 | 48 min | 10 Mar |
| Chicago | 15:25 → 17:50 | 12:37 | 0 min | 12:37 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Jersey City | 16:25 → 18:50 | 12:43 | 0 min | 12:43 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 16:25 → 18:50 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| London | 20:25 → 22:50 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Durban | 22:25 → 00:50 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Dubai | 00:25 → 02:50 | 12:05 | 0 min | 12:05 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Delhi | 01:55 → 04:20 | 12:08 | 0 min | 12:07 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Kolkata | 01:55 → 04:20 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Singapore | 04:25 → 06:50 | 12:51 | 0 min | 12:51 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Sydney | 07:25 → 09:50 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 11 Mar |
| Suva | 08:25 → 10:50 | 11:53 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 11 Mar |