Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2018

Wednesday 18 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 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 Wednesday 18 April

Taken. The only forenoon Tṛtīyā reaches.

05:38 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:05
Tṛtīyā begins 06:15:20
05:1406:0206:5007:3808:2609:1410:02

229 of 266 minutes covered, the last 229

Forenoon of Thursday 19 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

05:37 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:04
05:1306:0106:4907:3708:2509:1310:01

0 of 267 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 06:15 on Wed 18 Apr to 04:00 on Thu 19 Apr.

    2018-04-17T22:15:20Z → 2018-04-18T19:59:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:38–10:05 on the 18th, 05:37–10:04 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 229 of 266 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 267 on the 19th.

    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 2213 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2018: Wednesday 18 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2018 falls on Wednesday 18 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 06:15 on Wed 18 Apr to 04:00 on Thu 19 Apr and covers 229 of 266 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 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 17thCoveredSunrise 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:15 → 13:0006:200 min06:18263 min18 Apr
Chicago17:15 → 15:0006:070 min06:06270 min18 Apr
Jersey City18:15 → 16:0006:150 min06:13268 min18 Apr
Port of Spain18:15 → 16:0005:540 min05:54248 min18 Apr
London23:15 → 21:0006:010 min05:59281 min18 Apr
Durban00:15 → 22:0006:160 min06:17226 min18 Apr
Dubai02:15 → 00:0005:550 min05:54256 min18 Apr
Delhi03:45 → 01:3005:540 min05:53258 min18 Apr
Kolkata03:45 → 01:3005:150 min05:14254 min18 Apr
Singapore06:15 → 04:0007:000 min07:00243 min18 Apr
Sydney08:15 → 06:0006:190 min06:20108 min18 Apr
Suva10:15 → 08:0006:160 min06:170 min19 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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