Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1908

Sunday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 212 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 7 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:06 on Sat 7 Nov to 15:58 on Sun 8 Nov.

    1908-11-07T10:05:36Z → 1908-11-08T07:57:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 12729 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1908: Sunday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1908 falls on Sunday 8 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:06 on Sat 7 Nov to 15:58 on Sun 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:06 → 23:5811:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago04:06 → 01:5811:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City05:06 → 02:5811:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain06:06 → 03:5811:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London10:06 → 07:5811:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban12:06 → 09:5811:160 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai13:47 → 11:3911:190 min11:1919 min8 Nov
Delhi15:36 → 13:2811:410 min11:4148 min8 Nov
Kolkata15:36 → 13:2810:560 min10:5648 min8 Nov
Singapore17:06 → 14:5811:240 min11:2448 min8 Nov
Sydney20:06 → 17:5811:150 min11:1548 min8 Nov
Suva22:01 → 19:5311:210 min11:2148 min8 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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