Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 1920

Sunday 23 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 405 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 22 May

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 23 May

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 21:42 on Sat 22 May to 19:24 on Sun 23 May.

    1920-05-22T13:42:29Z → 1920-05-23T11:24:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 22nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 24324 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 1920: Sunday 23 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 1920 falls on Sunday 23 May. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:42 on Sat 22 May to 19:24 on Sun 23 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1920/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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/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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:42 → 03:2411:2648 min11:260 min22 May
Chicago07:42 → 05:2411:2348 min11:230 min22 May
Jersey City09:42 → 07:2412:2948 min12:290 min22 May
Port of Spain09:42 → 07:2411:3948 min11:390 min22 May
London14:42 → 12:2412:330 min12:330 min23 May
Durban15:42 → 13:2411:280 min11:2848 min23 May
Dubai17:42 → 15:2411:510 min11:5148 min23 May
Delhi19:12 → 16:5411:540 min11:5448 min23 May
Kolkata19:12 → 16:5411:090 min11:0948 min23 May
Singapore20:42 → 18:2411:370 min11:3748 min23 May
Sydney23:42 → 21:2411:270 min11:2848 min23 May
Suva01:42 → 23:2411:390 min11:3948 min23 May
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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