Midday of Thursday 20 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:02 12:50 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 11:57:19
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 1969
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 Thursday 20 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 21 March
Qualifies with 23 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
23 of 48 minutes covered, the first 23
Aṅga
Tṛtīyā runs from 11:57 on Thu 20 Mar to 12:24 on Fri 21 Mar.
1969-03-20T03:57:20Z → 1969-03-21T04:24:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 20th, 12:02–12:50 on the 21st.
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 20th and 23 of 48 on the 21st.
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 287 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1969: Thursday 20 March.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 1969 falls on Thursday 20 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:57 on Thu 20 Mar to 12:24 on Fri 21 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 23 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 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
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“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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:57 → 20:24 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Chicago | 21:57 → 22:24 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Jersey City | 22:57 → 23:24 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 23:57 → 00:24 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:49 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| London | 04:57 → 05:24 | 12:45 | 48 min | 12:44 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Durban | 05:57 → 06:24 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Dubai | 07:57 → 08:24 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:27 → 09:54 | 12:05 | 48 min | 12:05 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:27 → 09:54 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:27 → 11:54 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 20 Mar |
| Sydney | 13:57 → 14:24 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 21 Mar |
| Suva | 15:57 → 16:24 | 11:50 | 0 min | 11:50 | 48 min | 21 Mar |