Ruling · Saubhāgya Śayana Vrata · 2026

Saturday 21 March

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 579 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 21 March

Taken. The only midday Tṛtīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:10  12:58 madhyāhna ends
11:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:2213:46

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 22 March

Tṛtīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:10  12:58 madhyāhna ends
11:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:2213:46

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Tṛtīyā runs from 02:31 on Sat 21 Mar to 23:57 on Sat 21 Mar.

    2026-03-20T21:01:21Z → 2026-03-21T18:26:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:10–12:58 on the 21st, 12:10–12:58 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34735 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Saubhāgya Śayana Vrata, Ujjain, 2026: Saturday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Saubhāgya Śayana Vrata 2026 falls on Saturday 21 March. Tṛtīyā runs from 02:31 on Sat 21 Mar to 23:57 on Sat 21 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/saubhagya-shayana-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/saubhagya-shayana-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Tṛtīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 3 Dolotsava, Gauri trtiya, Andolana trtiya, Saubhagya sayana vrata (paraviddha), Sarhul (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceTṛtīyāMadhyāhna 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:01 → 11:2712:370 min12:360 min21 Mar
Chicago16:01 → 13:2712:340 min12:3448 min21 Mar
Jersey City17:01 → 14:2712:400 min12:4048 min21 Mar
Port of Spain17:01 → 14:2711:500 min11:4948 min21 Mar
London21:01 → 18:2711:440 min11:4448 min21 Mar
Durban23:01 → 20:2711:390 min11:3948 min21 Mar
Dubai01:01 → 22:2712:020 min12:0248 min21 Mar
Delhi02:31 → 23:5712:050 min12:0448 min21 Mar
Kolkata02:31 → 23:5711:200 min11:2048 min21 Mar
Singapore05:01 → 02:2712:480 min12:4848 min21 Mar
Sydney08:01 → 05:2712:380 min12:3848 min21 Mar
Suva09:01 → 06:2711:500 min11:4948 min21 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
saubhagya-shayana-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s