Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2002

Wednesday 15 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 517 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 Wednesday 15 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:07 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:52
04:4305:3106:1907:0707:5508:4309:3110:19

285 of 285 minutes covered

Forenoon of Thursday 16 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:06 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:52
04:4205:3006:1807:0607:5408:4209:3010:18

0 of 286 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 20:20 on Tue 14 May to 20:29 on Wed 15 May.

    2002-05-14T12:20:06Z → 2002-05-15T12:28:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:07–09:52 on the 15th, 05:06–09:52 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 285 of 285 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 286 on the 16th.

    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 31011 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2002: Wednesday 15 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2002 falls on Wednesday 15 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 20:20 on Tue 14 May to 20:29 on Wed 15 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredSunrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:20 → 05:2905:52278 min05:520 min14 May
Chicago07:20 → 07:2905:32182 min05:31118 min15 May
Jersey City08:20 → 08:2905:41129 min05:40169 min15 May
Port of Spain08:20 → 08:2905:4496 min05:44165 min15 May
London13:20 → 13:2905:110 min05:09312 min15 May
Durban14:20 → 14:2906:330 min06:33212 min15 May
Dubai16:20 → 16:2905:350 min05:35267 min15 May
Delhi17:50 → 17:5905:310 min05:31271 min15 May
Kolkata17:50 → 17:5904:570 min04:57264 min15 May
Singapore20:20 → 20:2906:560 min06:56243 min15 May
Sydney22:20 → 22:2906:390 min06:40208 min15 May
Suva00:20 → 00:2906:240 min06:25225 min15 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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