Ruling · Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) · 1908

Sunday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 29 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 11:32:12
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 13:28:17
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 11:32 on Sat 29 Aug to 13:28 on Sun 30 Aug.

    1908-08-29T03:32:12Z → 1908-08-30T05:28:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1357 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Haritālikā Vrata, Baoding, 1908: Sunday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) 1908 falls on Sunday 30 August. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:32 on Sat 29 Aug to 13:28 on Sun 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 Aug
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/haritalika-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 3 Haritalika vrata (paraviddha), Gauri vrata (Orissa), Gauri (Mysore)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:32 → 21:2811:3048 min11:290 min29 Aug
Chicago21:32 → 23:2811:2748 min11:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City22:32 → 00:2811:3348 min11:330 min29 Aug
Port of Spain23:32 → 01:2811:4348 min11:430 min29 Aug
London03:32 → 05:2811:3748 min11:370 min29 Aug
Durban05:32 → 07:2811:3348 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai07:13 → 09:0911:3748 min11:360 min29 Aug
Delhi09:02 → 10:5811:5848 min11:580 min29 Aug
Kolkata09:02 → 10:5811:1348 min11:130 min29 Aug
Singapore10:32 → 12:2811:4248 min11:4147 min30 Aug
Sydney13:32 → 15:2811:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva15:27 → 17:2311:380 min11:3848 min30 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
haritalika-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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