Midday of Sunday 31 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:59 12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 1968
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 31 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 1 April
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Tṛtīyā runs from 10:53 on Sun 31 Mar to 13:22 on Mon 1 Apr.
1968-03-31T02:53:30Z → 1968-04-01T05:22:27Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 31st, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2161 s
Ruling
Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1968: Sunday 31 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 1968 falls on Sunday 31 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 10:53 on Sun 31 Mar to 13:22 on Mon 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 31 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 31 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 31 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gauri-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Tṛtīyā | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Madhyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:53 → 21:22 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Chicago | 20:53 → 23:22 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Jersey City | 21:53 → 00:22 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 22:53 → 01:22 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| London | 03:53 → 06:22 | 12:41 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Durban | 04:53 → 07:22 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Dubai | 06:53 → 09:22 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Delhi | 08:23 → 10:52 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:01 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Kolkata | 08:23 → 10:52 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 31 Mar |
| Singapore | 10:23 → 12:52 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 38 min | 31 Mar |
| Sydney | 12:53 → 15:22 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 1 Apr |
| Suva | 14:53 → 17:22 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 1 Apr |