Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2014

Friday 2 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 236 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Thursday 1 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:21 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:58
04:5705:4506:3307:2108:0908:5709:45

0 of 276 minutes covered

Forenoon of Friday 2 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:20 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:57
04:5605:4406:3207:2008:0808:5609:44

277 of 277 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 13:53 on Thu 1 May to 14:34 on Fri 2 May.

    2014-05-01T05:53:13Z → 2014-05-02T06:33:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:21–09:58 on the 1st, 05:20–09:57 on the 2nd.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 0 of 276 minutes on the 1st and 277 of 277 on the 2nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 14142 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2014: Friday 2 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2014 falls on Friday 2 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 13:53 on Thu 1 May to 14:34 on Fri 2 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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/akshaya-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
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 row calls the day special with Rohiṇī nakṣatra and a Wednesday; neither is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāSunrise 1stCoveredSunrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:53 → 23:3406:04271 min06:030 min1 May
Chicago00:53 → 01:3405:47281 min05:460 min1 May
Jersey City01:53 → 02:3405:55279 min05:540 min1 May
Port of Spain01:53 → 02:3405:48250 min05:480 min1 May
London06:53 → 07:3405:33217 min05:31122 min2 May
Durban07:53 → 08:3406:25130 min06:25128 min2 May
Dubai09:53 → 10:3405:4312 min05:43262 min2 May
Delhi11:23 → 12:0405:410 min05:40266 min2 May
Kolkata11:23 → 12:0405:050 min05:04260 min2 May
Singapore13:53 → 14:3406:570 min06:57243 min2 May
Sydney15:53 → 16:3406:300 min06:30214 min2 May
Suva17:53 → 18:3406:200 min06:20229 min2 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akshaya-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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