Ruling · Akṣaya Tṛtīyā · 2049

Wednesday 5 May

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 09 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Tuesday 4 May

Qualifies with 4 of 279 minutes. Not taken.

05:17 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:56
Tṛtīyā begins 09:51:48
04:5305:4106:2907:1708:0508:5309:4110:29

4 of 279 minutes covered, the last 4

Forenoon of Wednesday 5 May

Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule takes the second.

05:16 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:56
04:5205:4006:2807:1608:0408:5209:4010:28

279 of 279 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 09:52 on Tue 4 May to 11:30 on Wed 5 May.

    2049-05-04T01:51:49Z → 2049-05-05T03:30:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:17–09:56 on the 4th, 05:16–09:56 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 4 of 279 minutes on the 4th and 279 of 279 on the 5th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both forenoons qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 249 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2049: Wednesday 5 May.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Tṛtīyā 2049 falls on Wednesday 5 May. Tṛtīyā runs from 09:52 on Tue 4 May to 11:30 on Wed 5 May and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 4 minutes; by the rule the second forenoon is taken. It is 4 min 09 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/akshaya-tritiya · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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/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 4thCoveredSunrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:52 → 20:3006:01273 min06:000 min4 May
Chicago20:52 → 22:3005:43283 min05:410 min4 May
Jersey City21:52 → 23:3005:51282 min05:500 min4 May
Port of Spain21:52 → 23:3005:47251 min05:470 min4 May
London02:52 → 04:3005:27301 min05:250 min4 May
Durban03:52 → 05:3006:27217 min06:280 min4 May
Dubai05:52 → 07:3005:41252 min05:40110 min5 May
Delhi07:22 → 09:0005:38163 min05:37203 min5 May
Kolkata07:22 → 09:0005:02121 min05:02239 min5 May
Singapore09:52 → 11:3006:5768 min06:57243 min5 May
Sydney11:52 → 13:3006:320 min06:33212 min5 May
Suva13:52 → 15:3006:210 min06:22228 min5 May
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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