Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 2011

Tuesday 7 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 545 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 7 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 8 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:48 on Tue 7 Jun to 01:11 on Wed 8 Jun.

    2011-06-06T18:48:14Z → 2011-06-07T17:10:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 7th, 11:53–12:41 on the 8th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 32689 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 2011: Tuesday 7 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2011 falls on Tuesday 7 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:48 on Tue 7 Jun to 01:11 on Wed 8 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2011/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 Jun
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/aranya-gauri-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:48 → 10:1112:2848 min12:280 min6 Jun
Chicago13:48 → 12:1112:250 min12:260 min7 Jun
Jersey City14:48 → 13:1112:310 min12:3140 min7 Jun
Port of Spain14:48 → 13:1111:410 min11:4148 min7 Jun
London19:48 → 18:1112:350 min12:3648 min7 Jun
Durban20:48 → 19:1111:300 min11:3148 min7 Jun
Dubai22:48 → 21:1111:530 min11:5448 min7 Jun
Delhi00:18 → 22:4111:560 min11:5648 min7 Jun
Kolkata00:18 → 22:4111:110 min11:1148 min7 Jun
Singapore02:48 → 01:1112:390 min12:3948 min7 Jun
Sydney04:48 → 03:1111:300 min11:3048 min7 Jun
Suva06:48 → 05:1111:410 min11:4148 min7 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aranya-gauri-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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