Midday of Tuesday 2 May
Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1939
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 636 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 2 May
Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 3 May
Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 00:30 on Wed 3 May to 23:15 on Wed 3 May.
1939-05-02T16:30:26Z → 1939-05-03T15:15:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 38156 s
Ruling
Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1939: Wednesday 3 May.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1939 falls on Wednesday 3 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:30 on Wed 3 May to 23:15 on Wed 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 May |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:30 → 07:15 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 May |
| Chicago | 11:30 → 10:15 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 2 May |
| Jersey City | 12:30 → 11:15 | 12:30 | 47 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 2 May |
| Port of Spain | 12:30 → 11:15 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 3 May |
| London | 17:30 → 16:15 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:34 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Durban | 18:30 → 17:15 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Dubai | 20:30 → 19:15 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Delhi | 22:00 → 20:45 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Kolkata | 22:00 → 20:45 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Singapore | 23:50 → 22:35 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Sydney | 02:30 → 01:15 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 3 May |
| Suva | 04:30 → 03:15 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 3 May |