Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 1925

Friday 29 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 31 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 28 May

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 29 May

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

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 13:10:30
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 10:43 on Thu 28 May to 13:11 on Fri 29 May.

    1925-05-28T02:42:49Z → 1925-05-29T05:10:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 28th, 11:51–12:39 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1862 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 1925: Friday 29 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 1925 falls on Friday 29 May. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:43 on Thu 28 May to 13:11 on Fri 29 May 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/1925/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:43 → 21:1111:2648 min11:260 min28 May
Chicago21:43 → 00:1112:2448 min12:240 min28 May
Jersey City22:43 → 01:1112:3048 min12:300 min28 May
Port of Spain22:43 → 01:1111:3948 min11:390 min28 May
London03:43 → 06:1112:3448 min12:340 min28 May
Durban04:43 → 07:1111:2948 min11:290 min28 May
Dubai06:43 → 09:1111:5248 min11:520 min28 May
Delhi08:13 → 10:4111:5448 min11:540 min28 May
Kolkata08:13 → 10:4111:1048 min11:100 min28 May
Singapore09:43 → 12:1111:3848 min11:3833 min29 May
Sydney12:43 → 15:1111:280 min11:2848 min29 May
Suva14:43 → 17:1111:390 min11:3948 min29 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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