Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 2003

Friday 6 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 318 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 5 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 6 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 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 18:17 on Thu 5 Jun to 17:59 on Fri 6 Jun.

    2003-06-05T10:17:20Z → 2003-06-06T09:58:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 5th, 11:53–12:41 on the 6th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 19077 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 2003: Friday 6 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2003 falls on Friday 6 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:17 on Thu 5 Jun to 17:59 on Fri 6 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:17 → 02:5912:2848 min12:280 min5 Jun
Chicago05:17 → 04:5912:2548 min12:250 min5 Jun
Jersey City06:17 → 05:5912:3148 min12:310 min5 Jun
Port of Spain06:17 → 05:5911:4148 min11:410 min5 Jun
London11:17 → 10:5912:3548 min12:350 min5 Jun
Durban12:17 → 11:5911:301 min11:3028 min6 Jun
Dubai14:17 → 13:5911:530 min11:5348 min6 Jun
Delhi15:47 → 15:2911:560 min11:5648 min6 Jun
Kolkata15:47 → 15:2911:110 min11:1148 min6 Jun
Singapore18:17 → 17:5912:390 min12:3948 min6 Jun
Sydney20:17 → 19:5911:290 min11:3048 min6 Jun
Suva22:17 → 21:5911:410 min11:4148 min6 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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