Morning of Tuesday 19 July
Pūrṇimā holds for 124 of 175 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
124 of 175 minutes covered, the last 124
Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 1921
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Tuesday 19 July
Pūrṇimā holds for 124 of 175 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
124 of 175 minutes covered, the last 124
Morning of Wednesday 20 July
Taken. The only morning Pūrṇimā reaches.
174 of 174 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 05:58 on Tue 19 Jul to 08:07 on Wed 20 Jul.
1921-07-18T21:57:35Z → 1921-07-20T00:07:20Z
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:07–08:02 on the 19th, 05:08–08:03 on the 20th.
udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 124 of 175 minutes on the 19th and 174 of 174 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 287 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vyāsa Pūjā, Baoding, 1921: Wednesday 20 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Vyāsa Pūjā 1921 falls on Wednesday 20 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:58 on Tue 19 Jul to 08:07 on Wed 20 Jul and covers all of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise that morning. It is 4 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vyasa-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sunrise 18th | Covered | Sunrise 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:58 → 16:07 | 04:54 | 0 min | 04:56 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Chicago | 16:58 → 19:07 | 05:31 | 0 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Jersey City | 17:58 → 20:07 | 05:40 | 0 min | 05:42 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 17:58 → 20:07 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:52 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| London | 22:58 → 01:07 | 05:04 | 0 min | 05:06 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Durban | 23:58 → 02:07 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:48 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Dubai | 01:58 → 04:07 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:40 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Delhi | 03:28 → 05:37 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:35 | 2 min | 19 Jul |
| Kolkata | 03:28 → 05:37 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:03 | 35 min | 19 Jul |
| Singapore | 04:58 → 07:07 | 06:05 | 0 min | 06:05 | 62 min | 19 Jul |
| Sydney | 07:58 → 10:07 | 06:57 | 0 min | 06:56 | 122 min | 20 Jul |
| Suva | 09:58 → 12:07 | 06:38 | 0 min | 06:38 | 134 min | 20 Jul |