Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1981

Wednesday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 Wednesday 6 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:16 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:55
04:5205:4006:2807:1608:0408:5209:4010:28

280 of 280 minutes covered

Forenoon of Thursday 7 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:14 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:55
04:5005:3806:2607:1408:0208:5009:3810:26

0 of 280 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 04:40 on Wed 6 May to 01:18 on Thu 7 May.

    1981-05-05T20:39:36Z → 1981-05-06T17:18:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:16–09:55 on the 6th, 05:14–09:55 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 280 of 280 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 280 on the 7th.

    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 2154 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1981: Wednesday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1981 falls on Wednesday 6 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 04:40 on Wed 6 May to 01:18 on Thu 7 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1981/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 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 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:40 → 10:1806:000 min05:59259 min6 May
Chicago15:40 → 12:1805:420 min05:41284 min6 May
Jersey City16:40 → 13:1805:500 min05:49283 min6 May
Port of Spain16:40 → 13:1805:470 min05:46251 min6 May
London21:40 → 18:1805:260 min05:24302 min6 May
Durban22:40 → 19:1806:270 min06:28216 min6 May
Dubai00:40 → 21:1805:410 min05:40264 min6 May
Delhi02:10 → 22:4805:380 min05:37267 min6 May
Kolkata02:10 → 22:4805:020 min05:01261 min6 May
Singapore04:10 → 00:4806:270 min06:26243 min6 May
Sydney06:40 → 03:1806:330 min06:33206 min6 May
Suva08:40 → 05:1806:210 min06:2289 min6 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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