Thursday 23 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Tṛtīyā runs from 11:44 on Thu 23 Mar to 12:05 on Fri 24 Mar.

   1939-03-23T03:44:18Z → 1939-03-24T04:05:18Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 4 of 48 on the 24th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 247 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1939: Thursday 23 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 1939 falls on Thursday 23 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:44 on Thu 23 Mar to 12:05 on Fri 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 4 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 07 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

Copy with citation

Who says what

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.