Midday of Wednesday 14 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:52 13:40 madhyāhna ends
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 2021
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 14 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 15 April
Qualifies with 6 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
6 of 48 minutes covered, the first 6
Aṅga
Tṛtīyā runs from 10:18 on Wed 14 Apr to 12:58 on Thu 15 Apr.
2021-04-14T07:18:08Z → 2021-04-15T09:57:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:52–13:40 on the 14th, 12:52–13:40 on the 15th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Tṛtīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 6 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 331 s
Ruling
Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Bucharest, 2021: Wednesday 14 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 2021 falls on Wednesday 14 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 10:18 on Wed 14 Apr to 12:58 on Thu 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 6 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 14 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 14 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 14 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gauri-tritiya · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Tṛtīyā | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:18 → 02:58 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 14 Apr |
| Chicago | 02:18 → 04:58 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 14 Apr |
| Jersey City | 03:18 → 05:58 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 14 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 03:18 → 05:58 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 14 Apr |
| London | 08:18 → 10:58 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 14 Apr |
| Durban | 09:18 → 11:58 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 26 min | 14 Apr |
| Dubai | 11:18 → 13:58 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 14 Apr |
| Delhi | 12:48 → 15:28 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 15 Apr |
| Kolkata | 12:48 → 15:28 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 15 Apr |
| Singapore | 15:18 → 17:58 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 15 Apr |
| Sydney | 17:18 → 19:58 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 15 Apr |
| Suva | 19:18 → 21:58 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 15 Apr |