Midday of Tuesday 24 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:41 12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1908
Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 360 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 24 March
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 25 March
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:10 on Tue 24 Mar to 18:29 on Wed 25 Mar.
1908-03-25T01:19:14Z → 1908-03-25T23:38:04Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 24th, 11:41–12:29 on the 25th.
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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.
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 21598 s
Ruling
Śītalāṣṭamī, Lima, 1908: Wednesday 25 March.
confidence: determinate
In Lima, Śītalāṣṭamī 1908 falls on Wednesday 25 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:10 on Tue 24 Mar to 18:29 on Wed 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 25 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 25 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 25 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 25th | Covered | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:19 → 15:38 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Chicago | 19:19 → 17:38 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Jersey City | 20:19 → 18:38 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 21:19 → 19:38 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| London | 01:19 → 23:38 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Durban | 03:19 → 01:38 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Dubai | 05:00 → 03:19 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Delhi | 06:49 → 05:08 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:03 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Kolkata | 06:49 → 05:08 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Singapore | 08:19 → 06:38 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Sydney | 11:19 → 09:38 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 25 Mar |
| Suva | 13:14 → 11:33 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 26 Mar |