Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 1988

Sunday 20 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 476 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 20 March

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 21 March

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 04:06 on Sun 20 Mar to 01:50 on Mon 21 Mar.

    1988-03-19T20:05:34Z → 1988-03-20T17:50:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 20th, 12:02–12:50 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 28585 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1988: Sunday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 1988 falls on Sunday 20 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 04:06 on Sun 20 Mar to 01:50 on Mon 21 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1988/gauri-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 Mar
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/gauri-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:06 → 09:5011:3719 min11:370 min19 Mar
Chicago14:06 → 11:5011:350 min11:3416 min20 Mar
Jersey City15:06 → 12:5011:400 min11:4048 min20 Mar
Port of Spain16:06 → 13:5011:500 min11:5048 min20 Mar
London20:06 → 17:5011:450 min11:4448 min20 Mar
Durban22:06 → 19:5011:390 min11:3948 min20 Mar
Dubai00:06 → 21:5012:030 min12:0248 min20 Mar
Delhi01:36 → 23:2012:050 min12:0548 min20 Mar
Kolkata01:36 → 23:2011:200 min11:2048 min20 Mar
Singapore04:06 → 01:5012:480 min12:4848 min20 Mar
Sydney06:06 → 03:5012:390 min11:3848 min20 Mar
Suva08:06 → 05:5011:500 min11:5048 min20 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gauri-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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