Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 1996

Friday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 161 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 Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 22 March

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 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 15:57 on Thu 21 Mar to 15:30 on Fri 22 Mar.

    1996-03-21T07:57:28Z → 1996-03-22T07:30:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 9660 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1996: Friday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 1996 falls on Friday 22 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 15:57 on Thu 21 Mar to 15:30 on Fri 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/gauri-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:57 → 23:3011:3648 min11:360 min21 Mar
Chicago01:57 → 01:3011:3448 min11:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City02:57 → 02:3011:4048 min11:390 min21 Mar
Port of Spain03:57 → 03:3011:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London07:57 → 07:3011:4448 min11:440 min21 Mar
Durban09:57 → 09:3011:3948 min11:380 min21 Mar
Dubai11:57 → 11:3012:0248 min12:020 min21 Mar
Delhi13:27 → 13:0012:040 min12:0448 min22 Mar
Kolkata13:27 → 13:0011:200 min11:2048 min22 Mar
Singapore15:57 → 15:3012:480 min12:4848 min22 Mar
Sydney18:57 → 18:3012:380 min12:3848 min22 Mar
Suva19:57 → 19:3011:490 min11:4948 min22 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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