Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 2000

Wednesday 7 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 481 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 7 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 8 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:52 on Wed 7 Jun to 01:41 on Thu 8 Jun.

    2000-06-06T19:52:00Z → 2000-06-07T17:41:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 7th, 11:53–12:41 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28866 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 2000: Wednesday 7 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2000 falls on Wednesday 7 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:52 on Wed 7 Jun to 01:41 on Thu 8 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 Jun
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/aranya-gauri-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:52 → 10:4112:2824 min12:280 min6 Jun
Chicago14:52 → 12:4112:250 min12:2615 min7 Jun
Jersey City15:52 → 13:4112:310 min12:3148 min7 Jun
Port of Spain15:52 → 13:4111:410 min11:4148 min7 Jun
London20:52 → 18:4112:350 min12:3648 min7 Jun
Durban21:52 → 19:4111:310 min11:3148 min7 Jun
Dubai23:52 → 21:4111:540 min11:5448 min7 Jun
Delhi01:22 → 23:1111:560 min11:5648 min7 Jun
Kolkata01:22 → 23:1111:110 min11:1148 min7 Jun
Singapore03:52 → 01:4112:390 min12:3948 min7 Jun
Sydney05:52 → 03:4111:300 min11:3048 min7 Jun
Suva07:52 → 05:4111:410 min11:4148 min7 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aranya-gauri-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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