Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1921

Tuesday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 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 Monday 14 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 Tuesday 15 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 22:11 on Mon 14 Nov to 21:39 on Tue 15 Nov.

    1921-11-14T14:10:50Z → 1921-11-15T13:38:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 33135 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1921: Tuesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1921 falls on Tuesday 15 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:11 on Mon 14 Nov to 21:39 on Tue 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1921/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:11 → 05:3911:1348 min11:140 min14 Nov
Chicago08:11 → 07:3911:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City09:11 → 08:3911:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain10:11 → 09:3911:2748 min11:270 min14 Nov
London14:11 → 13:3911:210 min11:2148 min15 Nov
Durban16:11 → 15:3911:170 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Dubai18:11 → 17:3911:390 min11:3948 min15 Nov
Delhi19:41 → 19:0911:410 min11:4248 min15 Nov
Kolkata19:41 → 19:0910:570 min10:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore21:11 → 20:3911:250 min11:2548 min15 Nov
Sydney00:11 → 23:3911:160 min11:1648 min15 Nov
Suva02:11 → 01:3911:270 min11:2748 min15 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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