Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2003

Sunday 4 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 98 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 Sunday 4 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:18 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:56
04:5405:4206:3007:1808:0608:5409:4210:30

278 of 278 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 5 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:17 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:56
04:5305:4106:2907:1708:0508:5309:4110:29

0 of 279 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 01:22 on Sun 4 May to 03:39 on Mon 5 May.

    2003-05-03T17:21:49Z → 2003-05-04T19:38:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:18–09:56 on the 4th, 05:17–09:56 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 278 of 278 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 279 on the 5th.

    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 5883 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2003: Sunday 4 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2003 falls on Sunday 4 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 01:22 on Sun 4 May to 03:39 on Mon 5 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:22 → 12:3906:0212 min06:01272 min4 May
Chicago12:22 → 14:3905:450 min05:44283 min4 May
Jersey City13:22 → 15:3905:530 min05:52281 min4 May
Port of Spain13:22 → 15:3905:480 min05:47250 min4 May
London18:22 → 20:3905:300 min05:28300 min4 May
Durban19:22 → 21:3906:260 min06:26217 min4 May
Dubai21:22 → 23:3905:420 min05:42263 min4 May
Delhi22:52 → 01:0905:390 min05:39266 min4 May
Kolkata22:52 → 01:0905:040 min05:03260 min4 May
Singapore01:22 → 03:3906:570 min06:57243 min4 May
Sydney03:22 → 05:3906:310 min06:32213 min4 May
Suva05:22 → 07:3906:210 min06:21228 min5 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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