Ruling · Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) · 2016

Sunday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 410 minutes.

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 Saturday 3 September

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 September

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 19:31 on Sat 3 Sep to 21:25 on Sun 4 Sep.

    2016-09-03T11:30:41Z → 2016-09-04T13:24:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 24573 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Haritālikā Vrata, Baoding, 2016: Sunday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Haritālikā Vrata (Hartalika Teej) 2016 falls on Sunday 4 September. Tṛtīyā runs from 19:31 on Sat 3 Sep to 21:25 on Sun 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 Sep
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/haritalika-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 3 Haritalika vrata (paraviddha), Gauri vrata (Orissa), Gauri (Mysore)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:31 → 06:2512:2848 min12:270 min3 Sep
Chicago06:31 → 08:2512:2548 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City07:31 → 09:2512:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain07:31 → 09:2511:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London12:31 → 14:2512:3548 min12:3548 min4 Sep
Durban13:31 → 15:2511:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Dubai15:31 → 17:2511:540 min11:5348 min4 Sep
Delhi17:01 → 18:5511:560 min11:5648 min4 Sep
Kolkata17:01 → 18:5511:120 min11:1148 min4 Sep
Singapore19:31 → 21:2512:400 min12:4048 min4 Sep
Sydney21:31 → 23:2511:310 min11:3048 min4 Sep
Suva23:31 → 01:2511:420 min11:4148 min4 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
haritalika-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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