Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2017

Saturday 29 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 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 Friday 28 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:25 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:59
05:0105:4906:3707:2508:1309:0109:49

0 of 274 minutes covered

Forenoon of Saturday 29 April

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:23 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:58
Tṛtīyā ends 09:25:55
04:5905:4706:3507:2308:1108:5909:47

242 of 275 minutes covered, the first 242

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 12:59 on Fri 28 Apr to 09:26 on Sat 29 Apr.

    2017-04-28T04:59:11Z → 2017-04-29T01:25:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:25–09:59 on the 28th, 05:23–09:58 on the 29th.

    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 274 minutes on the 28th and 242 of 275 on the 29th.

    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 1946 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2017: Saturday 29 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2017 falls on Saturday 29 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 12:59 on Fri 28 Apr to 09:26 on Sat 29 Apr and covers 242 of 275 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 Apr
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 28thCoveredSunrise 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:59 → 18:2606:07269 min06:060 min28 Apr
Chicago23:59 → 20:2605:51278 min05:500 min28 Apr
Jersey City00:59 → 21:2605:59277 min05:570 min28 Apr
Port of Spain00:59 → 21:2605:49250 min05:490 min28 Apr
London05:59 → 02:2605:38273 min05:360 min28 Apr
Durban06:59 → 03:2606:23184 min06:240 min28 Apr
Dubai08:59 → 05:2605:4667 min05:450 min28 Apr
Delhi10:29 → 06:5605:430 min05:4274 min29 Apr
Kolkata10:29 → 06:5605:070 min05:06110 min29 Apr
Singapore12:59 → 09:2606:580 min06:57148 min29 Apr
Sydney14:59 → 11:2606:280 min06:28216 min29 Apr
Suva16:59 → 13:2606:190 min06:20229 min29 Apr
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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