Ruling · Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) · 2000

Friday 1 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 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 31 August

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 13:06:22
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 September

Taken. Tṛtīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 11:17:05
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 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 13:06 on Thu 31 Aug to 11:17 on Fri 1 Sep.

    2000-08-31T05:06:23Z → 2000-09-01T03:17:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 31st, 11:54–12:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 1457 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Haritālikā Vrata, Baoding, 2000: Friday 1 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) 2000 falls on Friday 1 September. Tṛtīyā runs from 13:06 on Thu 31 Aug to 11:17 on Fri 1 Sep, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:06 → 20:1712:2948 min12:280 min31 Aug
Chicago00:06 → 22:1712:2648 min12:260 min31 Aug
Jersey City01:06 → 23:1712:3248 min12:320 min31 Aug
Port of Spain01:06 → 23:1711:4248 min11:420 min31 Aug
London06:06 → 04:1712:3648 min12:360 min31 Aug
Durban07:06 → 05:1711:3248 min11:320 min31 Aug
Dubai09:06 → 07:1711:5548 min11:540 min31 Aug
Delhi10:36 → 08:4711:5748 min11:570 min31 Aug
Kolkata10:36 → 08:4711:1348 min11:120 min31 Aug
Singapore13:06 → 11:1712:4122 min12:410 min31 Aug
Sydney16:06 → 14:1712:320 min12:3148 min1 Sep
Suva17:06 → 15:1711:430 min11:4248 min1 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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