Ruling · Paraśurāma Jayantī · 2053

Sunday 20 April

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Tṛtīyā reaches pradoṣa on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Sunday 20 April

Taken. Tṛtīyā reaches neither evening; this is the day it falls on.

19:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:24
18:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:3621:00

0 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 21 April

Tṛtīyā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
Tṛtīyā ends 18:38:49
18:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:3721:01

0 of 84 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 21:34 on Sun 20 Apr to 18:39 on Mon 21 Apr.

    2053-04-20T13:34:06Z → 2053-04-21T10:38:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:00–20:24 on the 20th, 19:01–20:25 on the 21st.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Tṛtīyā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 85 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 84 on the 21st.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither evening qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 1321 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Paraśurāma Jayantī, Baoding, 2053: Sunday 20 April.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Paraśurāma Jayantī 2053 falls on Sunday 20 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 21:34 on Sun 20 Apr to 18:39 on Mon 21 Apr, and reaches pradoṣa on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/parashurama-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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/parashurama-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
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 same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāSunset 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:34 → 03:3919:2986 min19:290 min20 Apr
Chicago08:34 → 05:3919:3783 min19:390 min20 Apr
Jersey City09:34 → 06:3919:4184 min19:420 min20 Apr
Port of Spain09:34 → 06:3918:1793 min18:170 min20 Apr
London14:34 → 11:3920:0678 min20:080 min20 Apr
Durban15:34 → 12:3917:31102 min17:300 min20 Apr
Dubai17:34 → 14:3918:4489 min18:440 min20 Apr
Delhi19:04 → 16:0918:5074 min18:500 min20 Apr
Kolkata19:04 → 16:0917:5924 min17:590 min20 Apr
Singapore21:34 → 18:3919:080 min19:080 min20 Apr
Sydney23:34 → 20:3917:260 min17:25104 min21 Apr
Suva01:34 → 22:3917:530 min17:5299 min21 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
parashurama-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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