Ruling · Anaṅga Trayodaśī · 2012

Thursday 5 April

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 37 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Wednesday 4 April

Trayodaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Trayodaśī begins 12:48:03
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 5 April

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

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Trayodaśī runs from 12:48 on Wed 4 Apr to 10:04 on Thu 5 Apr.

    2012-04-04T04:48:03Z → 2012-04-05T02:04:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Trayodaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 157 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Anaṅga Trayodaśī, Baoding, 2012: Thursday 5 April.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Anaṅga Trayodaśī 2012 falls on Thursday 5 April. Trayodaśī runs from 12:48 on Wed 4 Apr to 10:04 on Thu 5 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 2 min 37 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/ananga-trayodashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 Apr
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/ananga-trayodashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“S 13 Ananga trayodasi (purvaviddha), Mahavira jayanti (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTrayodaśīMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:48 → 19:0412:3248 min12:320 min4 Apr
Chicago23:48 → 21:0412:3048 min12:290 min4 Apr
Jersey City00:48 → 22:0412:3548 min12:350 min4 Apr
Port of Spain00:48 → 22:0411:4548 min11:450 min4 Apr
London05:48 → 03:0412:4048 min12:400 min4 Apr
Durban06:48 → 04:0411:3548 min11:340 min4 Apr
Dubai08:48 → 06:0411:5848 min11:580 min4 Apr
Delhi10:18 → 07:3412:0048 min12:000 min4 Apr
Kolkata10:18 → 07:3411:1648 min11:150 min4 Apr
Singapore12:48 → 10:0412:4444 min12:430 min4 Apr
Sydney14:48 → 12:0411:340 min11:3431 min5 Apr
Suva16:48 → 14:0411:450 min11:4548 min5 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
ananga-trayodashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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