Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1901

Friday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 572 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 3 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 4 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:46 on Thu 2 May to 02:19 on Sat 4 May.

    1901-05-02T15:45:53Z → 1901-05-03T18:18:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd, 11:51–12:39 on the 4th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 34349 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1901: Friday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1901 falls on Friday 3 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:46 on Thu 2 May to 02:19 on Sat 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:46 → 10:1911:2648 min11:260 min2 May
Chicago09:46 → 12:1911:2448 min11:2448 min2 May
Jersey City10:46 → 13:1911:3048 min11:2948 min2 May
Port of Spain11:46 → 14:1911:3941 min11:3948 min3 May
London15:46 → 18:1911:340 min11:3448 min3 May
Durban17:16 → 19:4910:590 min10:5948 min3 May
Dubai19:27 → 22:0011:330 min11:3348 min3 May
Delhi21:07 → 23:4011:450 min11:4548 min3 May
Kolkata21:07 → 23:4011:010 min11:0148 min3 May
Singapore22:41 → 01:1411:330 min11:3248 min3 May
Sydney01:46 → 04:1911:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva03:41 → 06:1411:340 min11:3448 min3 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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