Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 1942

Tuesday 16 June

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 5 min 00 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 16 June

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

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 June

Qualifies with 5 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 12:59:44
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

5 of 48 minutes covered, the first 5

Tṛtīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 10:48 on Tue 16 Jun to 13:00 on Wed 17 Jun.

    1942-06-16T01:47:32Z → 1942-06-17T03:59:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 16th, 12:55–13:43 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 5 of 48 on the 17th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 300 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1942: Tuesday 16 June.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 1942 falls on Tuesday 16 June. Tṛtīyā runs from 10:48 on Tue 16 Jun to 13:00 on Wed 17 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 5 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 5 min 00 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/rambha-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 Jun
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/rambha-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:48 → 21:0012:2948 min12:300 min16 Jun
Chicago20:48 → 23:0012:2748 min12:270 min16 Jun
Jersey City21:48 → 00:0012:3348 min12:330 min16 Jun
Port of Spain22:48 → 01:0012:4348 min12:430 min16 Jun
London03:48 → 06:0013:3748 min13:370 min16 Jun
Durban03:48 → 06:0011:3248 min11:320 min16 Jun
Dubai05:48 → 08:0011:5548 min11:550 min16 Jun
Delhi07:18 → 09:3011:5748 min11:580 min16 Jun
Kolkata07:18 → 09:3011:1348 min11:130 min16 Jun
Singapore10:48 → 13:0013:4148 min13:410 min16 Jun
Sydney11:48 → 14:0011:3132 min11:3248 min16 Jun
Suva13:48 → 16:0011:430 min11:4348 min17 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rambha-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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