Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 1982

Friday 28 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 330 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 27 May

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 May

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 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 20:17 on Thu 27 May to 18:10 on Fri 28 May.

    1982-05-27T12:16:32Z → 1982-05-28T10:09:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 27th, 11:51–12:39 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 19809 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 1982: Friday 28 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 1982 falls on Friday 28 May. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:17 on Thu 27 May to 18:10 on Fri 28 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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/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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:17 → 03:1012:2648 min12:260 min27 May
Chicago07:17 → 05:1012:2448 min12:240 min27 May
Jersey City08:17 → 06:1012:3048 min12:300 min27 May
Port of Spain08:17 → 06:1011:3948 min11:390 min27 May
London13:17 → 11:1012:345 min12:340 min27 May
Durban14:17 → 12:1011:290 min11:2941 min28 May
Dubai16:17 → 14:1011:520 min11:5248 min28 May
Delhi17:47 → 15:4011:540 min11:5448 min28 May
Kolkata17:47 → 15:4011:100 min11:1048 min28 May
Singapore20:17 → 18:1012:380 min12:3848 min28 May
Sydney22:17 → 20:1011:280 min11:2848 min28 May
Suva00:17 → 22:1011:390 min11:3948 min28 May
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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