Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1905

Saturday 11 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 11 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 12 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 13:11:08
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 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 10:46 on Sat 11 Nov to 13:11 on Sun 12 Nov.

    1905-11-11T02:46:12Z → 1905-11-12T05:11:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2703 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1905: Saturday 11 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1905 falls on Saturday 11 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:46 on Sat 11 Nov to 13:11 on Sun 12 Nov 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.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:46 → 21:1111:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago20:46 → 23:1111:1048 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City21:46 → 00:1111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain22:46 → 01:1111:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London02:46 → 05:1111:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban04:46 → 07:1111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Dubai06:27 → 08:5211:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Delhi08:07 → 10:3211:3248 min11:320 min11 Nov
Kolkata08:07 → 10:3210:4748 min10:480 min11 Nov
Singapore09:46 → 12:1111:2548 min11:2546 min11 Nov
Sydney12:46 → 15:1111:150 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Suva14:41 → 17:0611:210 min11:2248 min12 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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