Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1936

Saturday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 479 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 28 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 29 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 03:43 on Sat 28 Nov to 00:12 on Sun 29 Nov.

    1936-11-27T19:42:33Z → 1936-11-28T16:11:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 28762 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1936: Saturday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1936 falls on Saturday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:43 on Sat 28 Nov to 00:12 on Sun 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:43 → 08:1211:1722 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago13:43 → 10:1211:140 min11:150 min28 Nov
Jersey City14:43 → 11:1211:200 min11:200 min28 Nov
Port of Spain15:43 → 12:1211:300 min11:3042 min28 Nov
London19:43 → 16:1211:240 min11:2448 min28 Nov
Durban21:43 → 18:1211:200 min11:2048 min28 Nov
Dubai23:43 → 20:1211:420 min11:4348 min28 Nov
Delhi01:13 → 21:4211:450 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata01:13 → 21:4211:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore03:03 → 23:3211:480 min11:4948 min28 Nov
Sydney05:43 → 02:1211:190 min11:1948 min28 Nov
Suva07:43 → 04:1211:300 min11:3048 min28 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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