Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 2009

Wednesday 27 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 53 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 26 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 Wednesday 27 May

Taken. Tṛtīyā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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

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 13:32 on Tue 26 May to 10:15 on Wed 27 May.

    2009-05-26T05:32:24Z → 2009-05-27T02:14:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 26th, 11:51–12:39 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 3182 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2009: Wednesday 27 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 2009 falls on Wednesday 27 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 13:32 on Tue 26 May to 10:15 on Wed 27 May, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/rambha-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:32 → 19:1512:2648 min12:260 min26 May
Chicago00:32 → 21:1512:2448 min12:240 min26 May
Jersey City01:32 → 22:1512:3048 min12:300 min26 May
Port of Spain01:32 → 22:1511:3948 min11:390 min26 May
London06:32 → 03:1512:3448 min12:340 min26 May
Durban07:32 → 04:1511:2948 min11:290 min26 May
Dubai09:32 → 06:1511:5248 min11:520 min26 May
Delhi11:02 → 07:4511:5448 min11:540 min26 May
Kolkata11:02 → 07:4511:1048 min11:100 min26 May
Singapore13:32 → 10:1512:380 min12:380 min27 May
Sydney15:32 → 12:1511:280 min11:2847 min27 May
Suva17:32 → 14:1511:390 min11:3948 min27 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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