Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1919

Wednesday 14 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 170 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 14 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

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 07:27 on Wed 14 May to 10:01 on Thu 15 May.

    1919-05-13T22:27:26Z → 1919-05-15T01:00:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 14th, 12:51–13:39 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 10182 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1919: Wednesday 14 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1919 falls on Wednesday 14 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:27 on Wed 14 May to 10:01 on Thu 15 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:27 → 18:0112:250 min12:250 min14 May
Chicago17:27 → 20:0112:230 min12:230 min14 May
Jersey City18:27 → 21:0112:290 min12:290 min14 May
Port of Spain18:27 → 21:0111:380 min11:380 min14 May
London23:27 → 02:0112:330 min12:330 min14 May
Durban00:27 → 03:0111:280 min11:280 min14 May
Dubai02:08 → 04:4211:320 min11:320 min14 May
Delhi03:57 → 06:3111:530 min11:530 min14 May
Kolkata03:57 → 06:3111:090 min11:090 min14 May
Singapore05:27 → 08:0111:370 min11:370 min14 May
Sydney08:27 → 11:0111:270 min11:270 min14 May
Suva10:27 → 13:0111:380 min11:3848 min14 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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