Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 1981

Sunday 7 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 288 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 7 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 8 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:05 on Sun 7 Jun to 06:42 on Mon 8 Jun.

    1981-06-06T23:05:02Z → 1981-06-07T22:41:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 7th, 11:53–12:41 on the 8th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 17277 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 1981: Sunday 7 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 1981 falls on Sunday 7 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:05 on Sun 7 Jun to 06:42 on Mon 8 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1981/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 Jun
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/aranya-gauri-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:05 → 15:4212:280 min12:2848 min7 Jun
Chicago18:05 → 17:4212:250 min12:2648 min7 Jun
Jersey City19:05 → 18:4212:310 min12:3148 min7 Jun
Port of Spain19:05 → 18:4211:410 min11:4148 min7 Jun
London00:05 → 23:4212:350 min12:3648 min7 Jun
Durban01:05 → 00:4211:300 min11:3148 min7 Jun
Dubai03:05 → 02:4211:530 min11:5448 min7 Jun
Delhi04:35 → 04:1211:560 min11:5648 min7 Jun
Kolkata04:35 → 04:1211:110 min11:1148 min7 Jun
Singapore06:35 → 06:1212:090 min12:0948 min7 Jun
Sydney09:05 → 08:4211:300 min11:3048 min7 Jun
Suva11:05 → 10:4211:410 min11:4148 min7 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aranya-gauri-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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