Ruling · Madhusravā Tṛtīyā (Hariyali Teej) · 2003

Friday 1 August

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 22 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Thursday 31 July

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 13:18:20
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 August

Taken. Tṛtīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 11:56:52
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 13:18 on Thu 31 Jul to 11:57 on Fri 1 Aug.

    2003-07-31T05:18:20Z → 2003-08-01T03:56:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 31st, 12:00–12:48 on the 1st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 202 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Madhusravā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2003: Friday 1 August.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Madhusravā Tṛtīyā (Hariyali Teej) 2003 falls on Friday 1 August. Tṛtīyā runs from 13:18 on Thu 31 Jul to 11:57 on Fri 1 Aug, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 3 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 Aug
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/madhusrava-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 3 Madhusrava (Gujerat) (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:18 → 20:5712:3548 min12:350 min31 Jul
Chicago00:18 → 22:5712:3348 min12:330 min31 Jul
Jersey City01:18 → 23:5712:3848 min12:380 min31 Jul
Port of Spain01:18 → 23:5711:4848 min11:480 min31 Jul
London06:18 → 04:5712:4248 min12:420 min31 Jul
Durban07:18 → 05:5711:3848 min11:380 min31 Jul
Dubai09:18 → 07:5712:0148 min12:010 min31 Jul
Delhi10:48 → 09:2712:0348 min12:030 min31 Jul
Kolkata10:48 → 09:2711:1948 min11:190 min31 Jul
Singapore13:18 → 11:5712:4717 min12:470 min31 Jul
Sydney15:18 → 13:5711:380 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Suva17:18 → 15:5711:490 min11:4948 min1 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
madhusrava-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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