Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 2002

Sunday 16 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 600 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 16 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 01:55 on Sun 16 Jun to 23:51 on Sun 16 Jun.

    2002-06-15T17:54:53Z → 2002-06-16T15:51:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 16th, 11:55–12:43 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 35992 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 2002: Sunday 16 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2002 falls on Sunday 16 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:55 on Sun 16 Jun to 23:51 on Sun 16 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:55 → 08:5112:3048 min12:300 min15 Jun
Chicago12:55 → 10:5112:2720 min12:270 min15 Jun
Jersey City13:55 → 11:5112:330 min12:330 min16 Jun
Port of Spain13:55 → 11:5111:430 min11:438 min16 Jun
London18:55 → 16:5112:370 min12:3748 min16 Jun
Durban19:55 → 17:5111:320 min11:3248 min16 Jun
Dubai21:55 → 19:5111:550 min11:5548 min16 Jun
Delhi23:25 → 21:2111:570 min11:5848 min16 Jun
Kolkata23:25 → 21:2111:130 min11:1348 min16 Jun
Singapore01:55 → 23:5112:410 min12:4148 min16 Jun
Sydney03:55 → 01:5111:310 min11:3248 min16 Jun
Suva05:55 → 03:5111:430 min11:4348 min16 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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