Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 1944

Wednesday 24 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 24 May

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

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 13:18:13
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

21 of 48 minutes covered, the last 21

Midday of Thursday 25 May

Qualifies with 30 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 13:20:54
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

30 of 48 minutes covered, the first 30

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 13:18 on Wed 24 May to 13:21 on Thu 25 May.

    1944-05-24T04:18:13Z → 1944-05-25T04:20:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 24th, 12:51–13:39 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 21 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 30 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 1093 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1944: Wednesday 24 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 1944 falls on Wednesday 24 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 13:18 on Wed 24 May to 13:21 on Thu 25 May and covers 21 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 30 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/rambha-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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/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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:18 → 21:2112:2648 min12:260 min24 May
Chicago23:18 → 23:2112:2448 min12:240 min24 May
Jersey City00:18 → 00:2112:2948 min12:290 min24 May
Port of Spain01:18 → 01:2112:3948 min12:390 min24 May
London06:18 → 06:2113:3448 min13:340 min24 May
Durban06:18 → 06:2111:2848 min11:290 min24 May
Dubai08:18 → 08:2111:5248 min11:520 min24 May
Delhi10:48 → 10:5112:5448 min12:540 min24 May
Kolkata10:48 → 10:5112:0948 min12:090 min24 May
Singapore13:18 → 13:2113:3748 min13:370 min24 May
Sydney14:18 → 14:2111:280 min11:2848 min25 May
Suva16:18 → 16:2111:390 min11:3948 min25 May
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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