Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 2003

Friday 4 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 63 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 4 April

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 5 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Tṛtīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 08:14 on Fri 4 Apr to 10:55 on Sat 5 Apr.

    2003-04-04T00:14:11Z → 2003-04-05T02:54:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 3754 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2003: Friday 4 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 2003 falls on Friday 4 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 08:14 on Fri 4 Apr to 10:55 on Sat 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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/gauri-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:14 → 18:5511:3248 min11:320 min4 Apr
Chicago18:14 → 20:5511:3048 min11:300 min4 Apr
Jersey City19:14 → 21:5511:3648 min11:350 min4 Apr
Port of Spain20:14 → 22:5511:4548 min11:450 min4 Apr
London01:14 → 03:5512:4048 min12:400 min4 Apr
Durban02:14 → 04:5511:3548 min11:350 min4 Apr
Dubai04:14 → 06:5511:5848 min11:580 min4 Apr
Delhi05:44 → 08:2512:0048 min12:000 min4 Apr
Kolkata05:44 → 08:2511:1648 min11:160 min4 Apr
Singapore08:14 → 10:5512:4448 min12:440 min4 Apr
Sydney10:14 → 12:5511:3448 min11:3448 min4 Apr
Suva12:14 → 14:5511:4519 min11:4548 min5 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gauri-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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