Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 2004

Saturday 22 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 307 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 21 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 22 May

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 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 17:46 on Fri 21 May to 20:16 on Sat 22 May.

    2004-05-21T09:45:44Z → 2004-05-22T12:16:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 21st, 11:51–12:39 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 18406 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2004: Saturday 22 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 2004 falls on Saturday 22 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 17:46 on Fri 21 May to 20:16 on Sat 22 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 May
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/rambha-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:46 → 05:1612:2648 min12:260 min21 May
Chicago04:46 → 07:1612:2348 min12:240 min21 May
Jersey City05:46 → 08:1612:2948 min12:290 min21 May
Port of Spain05:46 → 08:1611:3948 min11:390 min21 May
London10:46 → 13:1612:3448 min12:3443 min21 May
Durban11:46 → 14:1611:2831 min11:2848 min21 May
Dubai13:46 → 16:1611:510 min11:5248 min22 May
Delhi15:16 → 17:4611:540 min11:5448 min22 May
Kolkata15:16 → 17:4611:090 min11:0948 min22 May
Singapore17:46 → 20:1612:370 min12:3748 min22 May
Sydney19:46 → 22:1611:280 min11:2848 min22 May
Suva21:46 → 00:1611:390 min11:3948 min22 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rambha-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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