Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1939

Saturday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 351 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 Saturday 22 April

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:34 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:03
05:1005:5806:4607:3408:2209:1009:58

269 of 269 minutes covered

Forenoon of Sunday 23 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:33 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:02
05:0905:5706:4507:3308:2109:0909:57

0 of 270 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 23:43 on Fri 21 Apr to 22:40 on Sat 22 Apr.

    1939-04-21T15:43:22Z → 1939-04-22T14:40:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:34–10:03 on the 22nd, 05:33–10:02 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 269 of 269 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 270 on the 23rd.

    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 21041 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1939: Saturday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1939 falls on Saturday 22 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 23:43 on Fri 21 Apr to 22:40 on Sat 22 Apr and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 Apr
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 21stCoveredSunrise 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:43 → 06:4005:16117 min05:1585 min22 Apr
Chicago09:43 → 08:4005:030 min05:01219 min22 Apr
Jersey City10:43 → 09:4005:100 min05:09271 min22 Apr
Port of Spain11:43 → 10:4005:530 min05:52248 min22 Apr
London16:43 → 15:4005:550 min05:52285 min22 Apr
Durban17:43 → 16:4006:180 min06:19224 min22 Apr
Dubai19:43 → 18:4005:520 min05:51257 min22 Apr
Delhi21:13 → 20:1005:510 min05:50260 min22 Apr
Kolkata21:13 → 20:1005:130 min05:12256 min22 Apr
Singapore23:03 → 22:0006:190 min06:19243 min22 Apr
Sydney01:43 → 00:4006:210 min06:22221 min22 Apr
Suva03:43 → 02:4006:170 min06:17232 min22 Apr
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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