Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2001

Thursday 26 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 437 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 Thursday 26 April

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:27 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:00
05:0305:5106:3907:2708:1509:0309:51

273 of 273 minutes covered

Forenoon of Friday 27 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:26 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:59
05:0205:5006:3807:2608:1409:0209:50

0 of 273 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 22:10 on Wed 25 Apr to 21:01 on Thu 26 Apr.

    2001-04-25T14:10:09Z → 2001-04-26T13:01:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:27–10:00 on the 26th, 05:26–09:59 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 273 of 273 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 273 on the 27th.

    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 26236 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2001: Thursday 26 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2001 falls on Thursday 26 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 22:10 on Wed 25 Apr to 21:01 on Thu 26 Apr and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 Apr
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 25thCoveredSunrise 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:10 → 06:0106:10207 min06:090 min25 Apr
Chicago09:10 → 08:0105:5581 min05:54127 min26 Apr
Jersey City10:10 → 09:0106:0327 min06:02179 min26 Apr
Port of Spain10:10 → 09:0105:510 min05:50191 min26 Apr
London15:10 → 14:0105:440 min05:42291 min26 Apr
Durban16:10 → 15:0106:210 min06:22221 min26 Apr
Dubai18:10 → 17:0105:480 min05:47260 min26 Apr
Delhi19:40 → 18:3105:460 min05:45263 min26 Apr
Kolkata19:40 → 18:3105:090 min05:08258 min26 Apr
Singapore22:10 → 21:0106:580 min06:58243 min26 Apr
Sydney00:10 → 23:0106:250 min06:26218 min26 Apr
Suva02:10 → 01:0106:180 min06:19230 min26 Apr
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

About Ahargaṇa