Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 1997

Friday 9 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 204 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 Friday 9 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:12 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4805:3606:2407:1208:0008:4809:3610:24

282 of 282 minutes covered

Forenoon of Saturday 10 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:11 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4705:3506:2307:1107:5908:4709:3510:23

0 of 282 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 01:48 on Fri 9 May to 01:12 on Sat 10 May.

    1997-05-08T17:48:06Z → 1997-05-09T17:12:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:12–09:54 on the 9th, 05:11–09:54 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 282 of 282 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 282 on the 10th.

    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 12244 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1997: Friday 9 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 1997 falls on Friday 9 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 01:48 on Fri 9 May to 01:12 on Sat 10 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:48 → 10:1205:570 min05:56256 min9 May
Chicago12:48 → 12:1205:380 min05:37287 min9 May
Jersey City13:48 → 13:1205:470 min05:46285 min9 May
Port of Spain13:48 → 13:1205:460 min05:46251 min9 May
London18:48 → 18:1205:200 min05:19306 min9 May
Durban19:48 → 19:1206:290 min06:30215 min9 May
Dubai21:48 → 21:1205:390 min05:38265 min9 May
Delhi23:18 → 22:4205:350 min05:35269 min9 May
Kolkata23:18 → 22:4205:000 min05:00262 min9 May
Singapore01:48 → 01:1206:560 min06:56243 min9 May
Sydney03:48 → 03:1206:350 min06:36210 min9 May
Suva05:48 → 05:1206:220 min06:23227 min9 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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