Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1915

Sunday 21 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 604 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 Sunday 21 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 23:30 on Sat 20 Nov to 01:36 on Mon 22 Nov.

    1915-11-20T15:30:00Z → 1915-11-21T17:36:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 21st, 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 36233 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1915: Sunday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1915 falls on Sunday 21 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:30 on Sat 20 Nov to 01:36 on Mon 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:30 → 09:3611:1448 min11:150 min20 Nov
Chicago09:30 → 11:3611:1248 min11:1224 min20 Nov
Jersey City10:30 → 12:3611:1848 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Port of Spain11:30 → 13:3611:2846 min11:2848 min21 Nov
London15:30 → 17:3611:220 min11:2248 min21 Nov
Durban17:30 → 19:3611:180 min11:1848 min21 Nov
Dubai19:11 → 21:1711:210 min11:2148 min21 Nov
Delhi21:00 → 23:0611:420 min11:4348 min21 Nov
Kolkata21:00 → 23:0610:580 min10:5848 min21 Nov
Singapore22:30 → 00:3611:260 min11:2648 min21 Nov
Sydney01:30 → 03:3611:170 min11:1748 min21 Nov
Suva03:30 → 05:3611:280 min11:2848 min21 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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