Tuesday 24 March

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Tṛtīyā runs from 11:11 on Tue 24 Mar to 12:49 on Wed 25 Mar.

   2099-03-24T03:10:34Z → 2099-03-25T04:49:21Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

   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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

   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 35 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Baoding, 2099: Tuesday 24 March.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 2099 falls on Tuesday 24 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:11 on Tue 24 Mar to 12:49 on Wed 25 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. It is 0 min 35 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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