Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1936

Monday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 310 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 6 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 7 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 04:20 on Mon 6 Apr to 06:46 on Tue 7 Apr.

    1936-04-05T20:20:05Z → 1936-04-06T22:46:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 6th, 11:57–12:45 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 18629 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1936: Monday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1936 falls on Monday 6 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:20 on Mon 6 Apr to 06:46 on Tue 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:20 → 14:4611:320 min11:3248 min6 Apr
Chicago15:20 → 17:4612:300 min12:2948 min6 Apr
Jersey City15:20 → 17:4611:350 min11:3548 min6 Apr
Port of Spain16:20 → 18:4611:450 min11:4548 min6 Apr
London20:20 → 22:4611:400 min11:4048 min6 Apr
Durban22:20 → 00:4611:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Dubai00:20 → 02:4611:580 min11:5748 min6 Apr
Delhi01:50 → 04:1612:000 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata01:50 → 04:1611:160 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore03:40 → 06:0612:030 min12:0348 min6 Apr
Sydney06:20 → 08:4611:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Suva08:20 → 10:4611:450 min11:4548 min6 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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