Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1939

Saturday 1 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 614 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 Friday 30 June

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

Midday of Saturday 1 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 23:00 on Fri 30 Jun to 00:16 on Sun 2 Jul.

    1939-06-30T14:59:47Z → 1939-07-01T16:15:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 36866 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1939: Saturday 1 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 1939 falls on Saturday 1 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:00 on Fri 30 Jun to 00:16 on Sun 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:00 → 08:1611:3248 min11:330 min30 Jun
Chicago10:00 → 11:1612:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City11:00 → 12:1612:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain11:00 → 12:1611:4548 min11:4630 min1 Jul
London16:00 → 17:1612:400 min12:4048 min1 Jul
Durban17:00 → 18:1611:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Dubai19:00 → 20:1611:580 min11:5848 min1 Jul
Delhi20:30 → 21:4612:000 min12:0148 min1 Jul
Kolkata20:30 → 21:4611:160 min11:1648 min1 Jul
Singapore22:20 → 23:3612:040 min12:0448 min1 Jul
Sydney01:00 → 02:1611:340 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva03:00 → 04:1611:460 min11:4648 min1 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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