Ruling · Paraśurāma Jayantī · 2008

Wednesday 7 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 398 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 7 May

Taken. The only evening Tṛtīyā reaches.

19:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:36
18:5219:1619:4020:0420:2820:5221:16

80 of 80 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 8 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:17 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:36
18:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:5321:17

0 of 79 minutes covered

Tṛtīyā presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 12:38 on Wed 7 May to 09:04 on Thu 8 May.

    2008-05-07T04:37:49Z → 2008-05-08T01:03:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:16–20:36 on the 7th, 19:17–20:36 on the 8th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 80 of 80 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 79 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 23894 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Paraśurāma Jayantī, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 7 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Paraśurāma Jayantī 2008 falls on Wednesday 7 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 12:38 on Wed 7 May to 09:04 on Thu 8 May and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/parashurama-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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/parashurama-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
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 same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāSunset 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:38 → 18:0419:420 min19:420 min6 May
Chicago23:38 → 20:0419:568 min19:570 min7 May
Jersey City00:38 → 21:0419:5965 min20:000 min7 May
Port of Spain00:38 → 21:0418:1992 min18:190 min7 May
London05:38 → 02:0420:3470 min20:350 min7 May
Durban06:38 → 03:0417:16106 min17:150 min7 May
Dubai08:38 → 05:0418:5286 min18:520 min7 May
Delhi10:08 → 06:3419:0085 min19:000 min7 May
Kolkata10:08 → 06:3418:0687 min18:060 min7 May
Singapore12:38 → 09:0419:0695 min19:060 min7 May
Sydney14:38 → 11:0417:09108 min17:080 min7 May
Suva16:38 → 13:0417:43101 min17:430 min7 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
parashurama-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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