Midday of Wednesday 31 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 11:05:39
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1906
Boundaryin Baoding, 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 31 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 1 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 11:06 on Wed 31 Oct to 12:46 on Thu 1 Nov.
1906-10-31T03:05:39Z → 1906-11-01T04:45:47Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:38–12:26 on the 1st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1211 s
Ruling
Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1906: Wednesday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1906 falls on Wednesday 31 October. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:06 on Wed 31 Oct to 12:46 on Thu 1 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.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 31 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Madhyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:06 → 20:46 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:06 → 22:46 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:06 → 23:46 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:06 → 00:46 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| London | 03:06 → 04:46 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Durban | 05:06 → 06:46 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:47 → 08:27 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:36 → 10:16 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:36 → 10:16 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:06 → 11:46 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 21 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:06 → 14:46 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 15:01 → 16:41 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 1 Nov |