Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1908

Sunday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 395 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Sunday 3 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:19 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:57
04:5505:4306:3107:1908:0708:5509:4310:31

277 of 277 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 4 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:18 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:56
04:5405:4206:3007:1808:0608:5409:4210:30

0 of 278 minutes covered

Tṛtīyā presentPūrvāhṇa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 22:20 on Sat 2 May to 22:43 on Sun 3 May.

    1908-05-02T14:20:21Z → 1908-05-03T14:43:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:19–09:57 on the 3rd, 05:18–09:56 on the 4th.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 277 of 277 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 278 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one forenoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 23679 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1908: Sunday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1908 falls on Sunday 3 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 22:20 on Sat 2 May to 22:43 on Sun 3 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/akshaya-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Aksaya trtiya (purvahna vyapini, paraviddha) (Special when combined with Rohini naksatra and Wednesday), Candanayatra, Parasurama jayanti (pradosavyapini — if occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102. The row calls the day special with Rohiṇī nakṣatra and a Wednesday; neither is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāSunrise 2ndCoveredSunrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:20 → 06:4305:03194 min05:02101 min3 May
Chicago08:20 → 08:4304:4667 min04:45239 min3 May
Jersey City09:20 → 09:4304:5413 min04:53280 min3 May
Port of Spain10:20 → 10:4305:480 min05:48250 min3 May
London14:20 → 14:4304:320 min04:30299 min3 May
Durban16:20 → 16:4306:250 min06:26218 min3 May
Dubai18:01 → 18:2405:240 min05:23262 min3 May
Delhi19:50 → 20:1305:400 min05:39266 min3 May
Kolkata19:50 → 20:1305:040 min05:03260 min3 May
Singapore21:20 → 21:4305:570 min05:57243 min3 May
Sydney00:20 → 00:4306:300 min06:31214 min3 May
Suva02:15 → 02:3806:150 min06:15228 min3 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akshaya-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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