Ruling · Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) · 1997

Friday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 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 4 September

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 13:06:53
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

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

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 13:07 on Thu 4 Sep to 15:37 on Fri 5 Sep.

    1997-09-04T05:06:54Z → 1997-09-05T07:36:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:53–12:41 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 1560 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Haritālikā Vrata, Baoding, 1997: Friday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) 1997 falls on Friday 5 September. Tṛtīyā runs from 13:07 on Thu 4 Sep to 15:37 on Fri 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/haritalika-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 Sep
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/haritalika-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 3 Haritalika vrata (paraviddha), Gauri vrata (Orissa), Gauri (Mysore)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:07 → 00:3712:2848 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago00:07 → 02:3712:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City01:07 → 03:3712:3148 min12:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain01:07 → 03:3711:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London06:07 → 08:3712:3548 min12:350 min4 Sep
Durban07:07 → 09:3711:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Dubai09:07 → 11:3711:5448 min11:530 min4 Sep
Delhi10:37 → 13:0711:5648 min11:5648 min5 Sep
Kolkata10:37 → 13:0711:1148 min11:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore13:07 → 15:3712:4021 min12:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney15:07 → 17:3711:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva17:07 → 19:3711:420 min11:4148 min5 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
haritalika-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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