Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1949

Sunday 1 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 546 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 30 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:23 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:58
04:5905:4706:3507:2308:1108:5909:47

0 of 275 minutes covered

Forenoon of Sunday 1 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

06:22 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:58
05:5806:4607:3408:2209:1009:5810:46

276 of 276 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 19:04 on Sat 30 Apr to 20:55 on Sun 1 May.

    1949-04-30T11:04:10Z → 1949-05-01T11:54:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:23–09:58 on the 30th, 06:22–10:58 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 0 of 275 minutes on the 30th and 276 of 276 on the 1st.

    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 32765 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1949: Sunday 1 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1949 falls on Sunday 1 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 19:04 on Sat 30 Apr to 20:55 on Sun 1 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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/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 30thCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:04 → 03:5505:05270 min05:040 min30 Apr
Chicago06:04 → 06:5505:49264 min05:4767 min1 May
Jersey City07:04 → 07:5505:57211 min05:56119 min1 May
Port of Spain07:04 → 07:5505:49174 min05:48126 min1 May
London12:04 → 12:5505:350 min05:33296 min1 May
Durban13:04 → 13:5506:240 min06:25219 min1 May
Dubai15:04 → 15:5505:440 min05:44262 min1 May
Delhi16:34 → 17:2505:420 min05:41265 min1 May
Kolkata16:34 → 17:2505:050 min05:05259 min1 May
Singapore18:34 → 19:2506:270 min06:27243 min1 May
Sydney21:04 → 21:5506:290 min06:29215 min1 May
Suva23:04 → 23:5506:200 min06:20229 min1 May
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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