Midday of Monday 31 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:52 12:40 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 11:55:03
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 1976
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 09 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 31 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Tuesday 1 June
Qualifies with 25 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
25 of 48 minutes covered, the first 25
Aṅga
Tṛtīyā runs from 11:55 on Mon 31 May to 12:17 on Tue 1 Jun.
1976-05-31T03:55:03Z → 1976-06-01T04:16:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 31st, 11:52–12:40 on the 1st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 25 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 189 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1976: Monday 31 May.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 1976 falls on Monday 31 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:55 on Mon 31 May to 12:17 on Tue 1 Jun and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 25 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 09 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 31 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 31 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 31 May |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rambha-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha).” 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 | 20:55 → 21:17 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Chicago | 22:55 → 23:17 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Jersey City | 23:55 → 00:17 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Port of Spain | 23:55 → 00:17 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 31 May |
| London | 04:55 → 05:17 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Durban | 05:55 → 06:17 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Dubai | 07:55 → 08:17 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:53 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Delhi | 09:25 → 09:47 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Kolkata | 09:25 → 09:47 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Singapore | 11:25 → 11:47 | 12:08 | 48 min | 12:08 | 0 min | 31 May |
| Sydney | 13:55 → 14:17 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 1 Jun |
| Suva | 15:55 → 16:17 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 1 Jun |