Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1923

Monday 30 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 30 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 1 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 09:19 on Mon 30 Apr to 05:30 on Tue 1 May.

    1923-04-30T01:19:21Z → 1923-04-30T21:30:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 30th, 11:52–12:40 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 9147 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1923: Monday 30 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1923 falls on Monday 30 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:19 on Mon 30 Apr to 05:30 on Tue 1 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1923/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 Apr
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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:19 → 13:3011:2648 min11:260 min30 Apr
Chicago20:19 → 16:3012:2448 min12:240 min30 Apr
Jersey City21:19 → 17:3012:3048 min12:300 min30 Apr
Port of Spain21:19 → 17:3011:3948 min11:390 min30 Apr
London02:19 → 22:3012:3448 min12:340 min30 Apr
Durban03:19 → 23:3011:2948 min11:290 min30 Apr
Dubai05:19 → 01:3011:5248 min11:520 min30 Apr
Delhi06:49 → 03:0011:5548 min11:540 min30 Apr
Kolkata06:49 → 03:0011:1048 min11:100 min30 Apr
Singapore08:19 → 04:3011:3848 min11:380 min30 Apr
Sydney11:19 → 07:3011:2848 min11:280 min30 Apr
Suva13:19 → 09:3011:400 min11:390 min1 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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