Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1925

Saturday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 556 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 Saturday 31 October

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 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

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 02:22 on Sat 31 Oct to 01:16 on Sun 1 Nov.

    1925-10-30T18:21:42Z → 1925-10-31T17:16:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:38–12:26 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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 33354 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1925: Saturday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1925 falls on Saturday 31 October. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:22 on Sat 31 Oct to 01:16 on Sun 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1925/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 Oct
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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:22 → 09:1611:1248 min11:120 min30 Oct
Chicago12:22 → 11:1611:100 min11:106 min31 Oct
Jersey City13:22 → 12:1611:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Port of Spain14:22 → 13:1611:260 min11:2648 min31 Oct
London18:22 → 17:1611:200 min11:2048 min31 Oct
Durban20:22 → 19:1611:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai22:22 → 21:1611:380 min11:3848 min31 Oct
Delhi23:52 → 22:4611:410 min11:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata23:52 → 22:4610:560 min10:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore01:22 → 00:1611:240 min11:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney04:22 → 03:1611:150 min11:1548 min31 Oct
Suva06:22 → 05:1611:260 min11:2648 min31 Oct
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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