Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 2037

Thursday 19 March

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 Thursday 19 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā begins 11:45:34
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 20 March

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 13:19:47
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 11:46 on Thu 19 Mar to 13:20 on Fri 20 Mar.

    2037-03-19T03:45:35Z → 2037-03-20T05:19:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 19th, 12:02–12:50 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 998 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2037: Thursday 19 March.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 2037 falls on Thursday 19 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:46 on Thu 19 Mar to 13:20 on Fri 20 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/gauri-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 Mar
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/gauri-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:46 → 22:2012:3748 min12:370 min19 Mar
Chicago22:46 → 00:2012:3548 min12:340 min19 Mar
Jersey City23:46 → 01:2012:4048 min12:400 min19 Mar
Port of Spain23:46 → 01:2011:5048 min11:490 min19 Mar
London03:46 → 05:2011:4548 min11:440 min19 Mar
Durban05:46 → 07:2011:3948 min11:390 min19 Mar
Dubai07:46 → 09:2012:0348 min12:020 min19 Mar
Delhi09:16 → 10:5012:0548 min12:050 min19 Mar
Kolkata09:16 → 10:5011:2048 min11:200 min19 Mar
Singapore11:46 → 13:2012:4848 min12:4832 min19 Mar
Sydney14:46 → 16:2012:390 min12:3848 min20 Mar
Suva15:46 → 17:2011:500 min11:5048 min20 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gauri-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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