Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1978

Wednesday 10 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 335 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 Tuesday 9 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:13 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4905:3706:2507:1308:0108:4909:3710:25

0 of 282 minutes covered

Forenoon of Wednesday 10 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:12 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4805:3606:2407:1208:0008:4809:3610:24

282 of 282 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 15:29 on Tue 9 May to 17:24 on Wed 10 May.

    1978-05-09T07:28:38Z → 1978-05-10T09:24:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:13–09:54 on the 9th, 05:12–09:54 on the 10th.

    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 282 minutes on the 9th and 282 of 282 on the 10th.

    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 20074 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1978: Wednesday 10 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1978 falls on Wednesday 10 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 15:29 on Tue 9 May to 17:24 on Wed 10 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 9thCoveredSunrise 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:29 → 02:2405:57275 min05:560 min9 May
Chicago02:29 → 04:2405:38287 min05:360 min9 May
Jersey City03:29 → 05:2405:46285 min05:450 min9 May
Port of Spain03:29 → 05:2405:46251 min05:450 min9 May
London08:29 → 10:2405:19116 min05:18307 min10 May
Durban09:29 → 11:2406:3036 min06:30215 min10 May
Dubai11:29 → 13:2405:380 min05:38265 min10 May
Delhi12:59 → 14:5405:350 min05:34269 min10 May
Kolkata12:59 → 14:5405:000 min04:59262 min10 May
Singapore14:59 → 16:5406:260 min06:26243 min10 May
Sydney17:29 → 19:2406:350 min06:36210 min10 May
Suva19:29 → 21:2406:220 min06:23227 min10 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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