Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1935

Tuesday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 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 15 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 16 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 13:00:22
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 15:44 on Mon 15 Jul to 13:00 on Tue 16 Jul.

    1935-07-15T07:43:38Z → 1935-07-16T05:00:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 15th, 12:00–12:48 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 759 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1935: Tuesday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 1935 falls on Tuesday 16 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:44 on Mon 15 Jul to 13:00 on Tue 16 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 Jul
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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:44 → 21:0011:3548 min11:350 min15 Jul
Chicago02:44 → 00:0012:3248 min12:320 min15 Jul
Jersey City03:44 → 01:0012:3848 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain03:44 → 01:0011:4848 min11:480 min15 Jul
London08:44 → 06:0012:4248 min12:420 min15 Jul
Durban09:44 → 07:0011:3848 min11:380 min15 Jul
Dubai11:44 → 09:0012:0048 min12:000 min15 Jul
Delhi13:14 → 10:3012:030 min12:030 min16 Jul
Kolkata13:14 → 10:3011:180 min11:180 min16 Jul
Singapore15:04 → 12:2012:060 min12:0614 min16 Jul
Sydney17:44 → 15:0011:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva19:44 → 17:0011:480 min11:4848 min16 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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