Ruling · Rambhā Tṛtīyā · 2042

Thursday 22 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Wednesday 21 May

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 22 May

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Tṛtīyā ends 12:28:35
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 14:05 on Wed 21 May to 12:29 on Thu 22 May.

    2042-05-21T06:05:25Z → 2042-05-22T04:28:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 21st, 11:51–12:39 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 37 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 631 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rambhā Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2042: Thursday 22 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rambhā Tṛtīyā 2042 falls on Thursday 22 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 14:05 on Wed 21 May to 12:29 on Thu 22 May and covers 37 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/rambha-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 May
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/rambha-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Rambha trtiya (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:05 → 21:2912:2648 min12:260 min21 May
Chicago01:05 → 23:2912:2448 min12:240 min21 May
Jersey City02:05 → 00:2912:2948 min12:290 min21 May
Port of Spain02:05 → 00:2911:3948 min11:390 min21 May
London07:05 → 05:2912:3448 min12:340 min21 May
Durban08:05 → 06:2911:2848 min11:290 min21 May
Dubai10:05 → 08:2911:5248 min11:520 min21 May
Delhi11:35 → 09:5911:5448 min11:540 min21 May
Kolkata11:35 → 09:5911:0922 min11:090 min21 May
Singapore14:05 → 12:2912:370 min12:370 min22 May
Sydney16:05 → 14:2911:280 min11:2848 min22 May
Suva18:05 → 16:2911:390 min11:3948 min22 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rambha-tritiya@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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