Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2005

Wednesday 11 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 478 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 Tuesday 10 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:11 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4705:3506:2307:1107:5908:4709:3510:23

0 of 283 minutes covered

Forenoon of Wednesday 11 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:10 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:53
04:4605:3406:2207:1007:5808:4609:3410:22

283 of 283 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 17:52 on Tue 10 May to 19:10 on Wed 11 May.

    2005-05-10T09:51:53Z → 2005-05-11T11:10:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:11–09:54 on the 10th, 05:10–09:53 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 0 of 283 minutes on the 10th and 283 of 283 on the 11th.

    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 28698 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2005: Wednesday 11 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2005 falls on Wednesday 11 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 17:52 on Tue 10 May to 19:10 on Wed 11 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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/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 10thCoveredSunrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:52 → 04:1005:55276 min05:550 min10 May
Chicago04:52 → 06:1005:36288 min05:3535 min11 May
Jersey City05:52 → 07:1005:44278 min05:4387 min11 May
Port of Spain05:52 → 07:1005:45245 min05:4585 min11 May
London10:52 → 12:1005:170 min05:15308 min11 May
Durban11:52 → 13:1006:310 min06:31214 min11 May
Dubai13:52 → 15:1005:370 min05:37266 min11 May
Delhi15:22 → 16:4005:340 min05:33270 min11 May
Kolkata15:22 → 16:4004:590 min04:59263 min11 May
Singapore17:52 → 19:1006:560 min06:56243 min11 May
Sydney19:52 → 21:1006:370 min06:37209 min11 May
Suva21:52 → 23:1006:230 min06:23226 min11 May
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

About Ahargaṇa