Ruling · Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) · 1920

Wednesday 15 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 326 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 14 September

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 September

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 18:19 on Tue 14 Sep to 18:03 on Wed 15 Sep.

    1920-09-14T10:19:10Z → 1920-09-15T10:02:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 19543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Haritālikā Vrata, Baoding, 1920: Wednesday 15 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) 1920 falls on Wednesday 15 September. Tṛtīyā runs from 18:19 on Tue 14 Sep to 18:03 on Wed 15 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 Sep
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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:19 → 02:0311:2448 min11:240 min14 Sep
Chicago05:19 → 05:0312:2248 min12:210 min14 Sep
Jersey City06:19 → 06:0312:2748 min12:270 min14 Sep
Port of Spain06:19 → 06:0311:3848 min11:370 min14 Sep
London11:19 → 11:0312:3248 min12:310 min14 Sep
Durban12:19 → 12:0311:280 min11:2736 min15 Sep
Dubai14:19 → 14:0311:500 min11:5048 min15 Sep
Delhi15:49 → 15:3311:530 min11:5248 min15 Sep
Kolkata15:49 → 15:3311:080 min11:0848 min15 Sep
Singapore17:19 → 17:0311:360 min11:3648 min15 Sep
Sydney20:19 → 20:0311:270 min11:2748 min15 Sep
Suva22:19 → 22:0311:380 min11:3848 min15 Sep
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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