Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 1908

Friday 5 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 382 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 4 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 5 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:03 on Thu 4 Jun to 21:31 on Fri 5 Jun.

    1908-06-04T11:02:33Z → 1908-06-05T13:30:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 4th, 11:52–12:40 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 22936 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 1908: Friday 5 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 1908 falls on Friday 5 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:03 on Thu 4 Jun to 21:31 on Fri 5 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 Jun
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/aranya-gauri-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:03 → 05:3111:2748 min11:270 min4 Jun
Chicago05:03 → 07:3111:2548 min11:250 min4 Jun
Jersey City06:03 → 08:3111:3148 min11:310 min4 Jun
Port of Spain07:03 → 09:3111:4048 min11:400 min4 Jun
London11:03 → 13:3111:3548 min11:3548 min5 Jun
Durban13:03 → 15:3111:300 min11:3048 min5 Jun
Dubai14:44 → 17:1211:340 min11:3448 min5 Jun
Delhi16:33 → 19:0111:550 min11:5548 min5 Jun
Kolkata16:33 → 19:0111:110 min11:1148 min5 Jun
Singapore18:03 → 20:3111:390 min11:3948 min5 Jun
Sydney21:03 → 23:3111:290 min11:2948 min5 Jun
Suva22:58 → 01:2611:350 min11:3548 min5 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aranya-gauri-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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