Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 2012

Sunday 27 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 241 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 26 May

Ṣaṣṭhī 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 Sunday 27 May

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 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 16:41 on Sat 26 May to 17:00 on Sun 27 May.

    2012-05-26T08:40:50Z → 2012-05-27T09:00:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 26th, 11:52–12:40 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 14485 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 2012: Sunday 27 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2012 falls on Sunday 27 May. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:41 on Sat 26 May to 17:00 on Sun 27 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 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/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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:41 → 02:0012:2648 min12:260 min26 May
Chicago03:41 → 04:0012:2448 min12:240 min26 May
Jersey City04:41 → 05:0012:3048 min12:300 min26 May
Port of Spain04:41 → 05:0011:3948 min11:390 min26 May
London09:41 → 10:0012:3448 min12:340 min26 May
Durban10:41 → 11:0011:2948 min11:290 min26 May
Dubai12:41 → 13:0011:520 min11:5248 min27 May
Delhi14:11 → 14:3011:540 min11:5448 min27 May
Kolkata14:11 → 14:3011:100 min11:1048 min27 May
Singapore16:41 → 17:0012:380 min12:3848 min27 May
Sydney18:41 → 19:0011:280 min11:2848 min27 May
Suva20:41 → 21:0011:390 min11:3948 min27 May
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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