Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2016

Monday 9 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 448 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 Sunday 8 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:13 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4905:3706:2507:1308:0108:4909:3710:25

0 of 281 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 9 May

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:12 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:54
04:4805:3606:2407:1208:0008:4809:3610:24

282 of 282 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 20:21 on Sun 8 May to 17:22 on Mon 9 May.

    2016-05-08T12:21:19Z → 2016-05-09T09:22:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:13–09:54 on the 8th, 05:12–09:54 on the 9th.

    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 281 minutes on the 8th and 282 of 282 on the 9th.

    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 26909 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2016: Monday 9 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2016 falls on Monday 9 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 20:21 on Sun 8 May to 17:22 on Mon 9 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:21 → 02:2205:57275 min05:560 min8 May
Chicago07:21 → 04:2205:38183 min05:370 min8 May
Jersey City08:21 → 05:2205:46129 min05:450 min8 May
Port of Spain08:21 → 05:2205:4696 min05:460 min8 May
London13:21 → 10:2205:200 min05:18304 min9 May
Durban14:21 → 11:2206:290 min06:30215 min9 May
Dubai16:21 → 13:2205:380 min05:38265 min9 May
Delhi17:51 → 14:5205:350 min05:34269 min9 May
Kolkata17:51 → 14:5205:000 min04:59262 min9 May
Singapore20:21 → 17:2206:560 min06:56243 min9 May
Sydney22:21 → 19:2206:350 min06:36210 min9 May
Suva00:21 → 21:2206:220 min06:23227 min9 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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