Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1902

Saturday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 449 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 15 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 16 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 04:10 on Sat 15 Nov to 01:06 on Sun 16 Nov.

    1902-11-14T20:09:54Z → 1902-11-15T17:06:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26915 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1902: Saturday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1902 falls on Saturday 15 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:10 on Sat 15 Nov to 01:06 on Sun 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 Nov
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/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:10 → 09:0611:130 min11:130 min15 Nov
Chicago14:10 → 11:0611:110 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City15:10 → 12:0611:170 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Port of Spain16:10 → 13:0611:260 min11:2748 min15 Nov
London20:10 → 17:0611:210 min11:2148 min15 Nov
Durban21:40 → 18:3610:460 min10:4748 min15 Nov
Dubai23:51 → 20:4711:200 min11:2048 min15 Nov
Delhi01:31 → 22:2711:320 min11:3248 min15 Nov
Kolkata01:31 → 22:2710:480 min10:4848 min15 Nov
Singapore03:05 → 00:0111:200 min11:2048 min15 Nov
Sydney06:10 → 03:0611:160 min11:1648 min15 Nov
Suva08:05 → 05:0111:220 min11:2248 min15 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kartiki-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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