Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 1998

Thursday 28 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 457 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 Wednesday 27 May

Tṛtīyā 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 Thursday 28 May

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 22:07 on Wed 27 May to 20:17 on Thu 28 May.

    1998-05-27T14:07:18Z → 1998-05-28T12:16:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 27th, 11:52–12:40 on the 28th.

    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 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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 27422 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 1998: Thursday 28 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 1998 falls on Thursday 28 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 22:07 on Wed 27 May to 20:17 on Thu 28 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/rambha-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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/rambha-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:07 → 05:1712:2648 min12:260 min27 May
Chicago09:07 → 07:1712:2448 min12:240 min27 May
Jersey City10:07 → 08:1712:3048 min12:300 min27 May
Port of Spain10:07 → 08:1711:3948 min11:390 min27 May
London15:07 → 13:1712:340 min12:3442 min28 May
Durban16:07 → 14:1711:290 min11:2948 min28 May
Dubai18:07 → 16:1711:520 min11:5248 min28 May
Delhi19:37 → 17:4711:540 min11:5448 min28 May
Kolkata19:37 → 17:4711:100 min11:1048 min28 May
Singapore22:07 → 20:1712:380 min12:3848 min28 May
Sydney00:07 → 22:1711:280 min11:2848 min28 May
Suva02:07 → 00:1711:390 min11:3948 min28 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rambha-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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