Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 2004

Tuesday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 170 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 Tuesday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 March

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 07:45 on Tue 23 Mar to 09:11 on Wed 24 Mar.

    2004-03-22T23:45:24Z → 2004-03-24T01:10:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 10204 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2004: Tuesday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 2004 falls on Tuesday 23 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 07:45 on Tue 23 Mar to 09:11 on Wed 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 Mar
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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:45 → 17:1111:360 min11:350 min23 Mar
Chicago17:45 → 19:1111:340 min11:330 min23 Mar
Jersey City18:45 → 20:1111:390 min11:390 min23 Mar
Port of Spain19:45 → 21:1111:490 min11:480 min23 Mar
London23:45 → 01:1111:440 min11:430 min23 Mar
Durban01:45 → 03:1111:380 min11:380 min23 Mar
Dubai03:45 → 05:1112:020 min12:010 min23 Mar
Delhi05:15 → 06:4112:040 min12:040 min23 Mar
Kolkata05:15 → 06:4111:200 min11:190 min23 Mar
Singapore07:45 → 09:1112:470 min12:470 min23 Mar
Sydney10:45 → 12:1112:380 min12:370 min23 Mar
Suva11:45 → 13:1111:490 min11:4848 min23 Mar
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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