Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1931

Wednesday 25 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 74 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 Tuesday 24 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 25 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 13:42 on Tue 24 Nov to 15:10 on Wed 25 Nov.

    1931-11-24T05:42:24Z → 1931-11-25T07:09:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 24th, 11:41–12:29 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 4438 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1931: Wednesday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1931 falls on Wednesday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:42 on Tue 24 Nov to 15:10 on Wed 25 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1931/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:42 → 23:1011:1548 min11:160 min24 Nov
Chicago23:42 → 01:1011:1348 min11:130 min24 Nov
Jersey City00:42 → 02:1011:1948 min11:190 min24 Nov
Port of Spain01:42 → 03:1011:2948 min11:290 min24 Nov
London05:42 → 07:1011:2348 min11:230 min24 Nov
Durban07:42 → 09:1011:1948 min11:190 min24 Nov
Dubai09:42 → 11:1011:4148 min11:410 min24 Nov
Delhi11:12 → 12:4011:4348 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata11:12 → 12:4010:5935 min10:5948 min25 Nov
Singapore12:42 → 14:1011:270 min11:2748 min25 Nov
Sydney15:42 → 17:1011:180 min11:1848 min25 Nov
Suva17:42 → 19:1011:290 min11:2948 min25 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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