Ruling · Araṇya Gaurī Vrata · 2016

Friday 10 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 588 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 10 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 11 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 01:40 on Fri 10 Jun to 02:06 on Sat 11 Jun.

    2016-06-09T17:40:14Z → 2016-06-10T18:05:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 10th, 11:54–12:42 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 35290 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Araṇya Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 2016: Friday 10 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Araṇya Gaurī Vrata 2016 falls on Friday 10 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:40 on Fri 10 Jun to 02:06 on Sat 11 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/aranya-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:40 → 11:0612:2848 min12:290 min9 Jun
Chicago12:40 → 13:0612:2634 min12:2639 min10 Jun
Jersey City13:40 → 14:0612:320 min12:3248 min10 Jun
Port of Spain13:40 → 14:0611:410 min11:4248 min10 Jun
London18:40 → 19:0612:360 min12:3648 min10 Jun
Durban19:40 → 20:0611:310 min11:3148 min10 Jun
Dubai21:40 → 22:0611:540 min11:5448 min10 Jun
Delhi23:10 → 23:3611:560 min11:5748 min10 Jun
Kolkata23:10 → 23:3611:120 min11:1248 min10 Jun
Singapore01:40 → 02:0612:400 min12:4048 min10 Jun
Sydney03:40 → 04:0611:300 min11:3148 min10 Jun
Suva05:40 → 06:0611:420 min11:4248 min10 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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