Midday of Wednesday 14 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:41 13:29 madhyāhna ends
11:5312:1712:4113:0513:2913:5314:17
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) · 2021
Boundaryin Tehran, 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 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Tṛtīyā runs from 11:48 on Wed 14 Apr to 14:28 on Thu 15 Apr.
2021-04-14T07:18:08Z → 2021-04-15T09:57:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:41–13:29 on the 14th, 12:41–13:29 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 48 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 3165 s
Ruling
Gaurī Tṛtīyā, Tehran, 2021: Wednesday 14 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Gaurī Tṛtīyā (Gangaur) 2021 falls on Wednesday 14 April. Tṛtīyā runs from 11:48 on Wed 14 Apr to 14:28 on Thu 15 Apr 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.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 14 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 14 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 15 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 |