Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1913

Friday 9 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 316 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 Thursday 8 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:14 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:55
04:5005:3806:2607:1408:0208:5009:3810:26

0 of 281 minutes covered

Forenoon of Friday 9 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:13 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4905:3706:2507:1308:0108:4909:3710:25

281 of 281 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 16:02 on Thu 8 May to 15:10 on Fri 9 May.

    1913-05-08T08:01:36Z → 1913-05-09T07:10:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:14–09:55 on the 8th, 05:13–09:54 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 0 of 281 minutes on the 8th and 281 of 281 on the 9th.

    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 18968 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1913: Friday 9 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1913 falls on Friday 9 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 16:02 on Thu 8 May to 15:10 on Fri 9 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:02 → 23:1004:58275 min04:570 min8 May
Chicago02:02 → 01:1004:39286 min04:380 min8 May
Jersey City03:02 → 02:1004:47284 min04:460 min8 May
Port of Spain04:02 → 03:1005:46251 min05:460 min8 May
London08:02 → 07:1004:2184 min04:20171 min9 May
Durban10:02 → 09:1006:293 min06:29161 min9 May
Dubai11:43 → 10:5105:200 min05:19265 min9 May
Delhi13:32 → 12:4005:360 min05:35269 min9 May
Kolkata13:32 → 12:4005:000 min05:00262 min9 May
Singapore15:02 → 14:1005:560 min05:56243 min9 May
Sydney18:02 → 17:1006:340 min06:35211 min9 May
Suva19:57 → 19:0506:170 min06:17227 min9 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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