Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2004

Thursday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 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 Thursday 22 April

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:32 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:02
05:0805:5606:4407:3208:2009:0809:56

270 of 270 minutes covered

Forenoon of Friday 23 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:31 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:02
05:0705:5506:4307:3108:1909:0709:55

0 of 271 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 00:58 on Thu 22 Apr to 03:18 on Fri 23 Apr.

    2004-04-21T16:57:57Z → 2004-04-22T19:17:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:32–10:02 on the 22nd, 05:31–10:02 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 270 of 270 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 271 on the 23rd.

    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 8006 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2004: Thursday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2004 falls on Thursday 22 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 00:58 on Thu 22 Apr to 03:18 on Fri 23 Apr and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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/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 21stCoveredSunrise 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:58 → 12:1806:1441 min06:13266 min22 Apr
Chicago11:58 → 14:1806:010 min05:59273 min22 Apr
Jersey City12:58 → 15:1806:080 min06:07272 min22 Apr
Port of Spain12:58 → 15:1805:520 min05:52249 min22 Apr
London17:58 → 20:1805:520 min05:50286 min22 Apr
Durban18:58 → 21:1806:190 min06:19223 min22 Apr
Dubai20:58 → 23:1805:510 min05:50258 min22 Apr
Delhi22:28 → 00:4805:500 min05:49261 min22 Apr
Kolkata22:28 → 00:4805:120 min05:11256 min22 Apr
Singapore00:58 → 03:1806:590 min06:59243 min22 Apr
Sydney02:58 → 05:1806:220 min06:23220 min22 Apr
Suva04:58 → 07:1806:170 min06:18231 min23 Apr
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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