Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2000

Saturday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 Saturday 6 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:15 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:55
Tṛtīyā begins 06:09:39
04:5105:3906:2707:1508:0308:5109:3910:27

225 of 280 minutes covered, the last 225

Forenoon of Sunday 7 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:14 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:55
04:5005:3806:2607:1408:0208:5009:3810:26

0 of 281 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 06:10 on Sat 6 May to 03:03 on Sun 7 May.

    2000-05-05T22:09:39Z → 2000-05-06T19:03:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:15–09:55 on the 6th, 05:14–09:55 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 225 of 280 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 281 on the 7th.

    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 3274 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2000: Saturday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2000 falls on Saturday 6 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 06:10 on Sat 6 May to 03:03 on Sun 7 May and covers 225 of 280 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:10 → 12:0306:000 min05:59274 min6 May
Chicago17:10 → 14:0305:420 min05:40285 min6 May
Jersey City18:10 → 15:0305:500 min05:49283 min6 May
Port of Spain18:10 → 15:0305:470 min05:46251 min6 May
London23:10 → 20:0305:250 min05:23303 min6 May
Durban00:10 → 21:0306:270 min06:28216 min6 May
Dubai02:10 → 23:0305:400 min05:40264 min6 May
Delhi03:40 → 00:3305:370 min05:37268 min6 May
Kolkata03:40 → 00:3305:020 min05:01261 min6 May
Singapore06:10 → 03:0306:570 min06:56243 min6 May
Sydney08:10 → 05:0306:330 min06:34116 min6 May
Suva10:10 → 07:0306:210 min06:220 min7 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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