Tuesday 27 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Tṛtīyā runs from 11:35 on Tue 27 Mar to 13:52 on Wed 28 Mar.

   1906-03-27T03:34:53Z → 1906-03-28T05:52:08Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1522 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1906: Tuesday 27 March.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 1906 falls on Tuesday 27 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:35 on Tue 27 Mar to 13:52 on Wed 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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