Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1939

Sunday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 324 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 26 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 27 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 06:17 on Sun 26 Nov to 05:54 on Mon 27 Nov.

    1939-11-25T22:17:00Z → 1939-11-26T21:54:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 26th, 11:41–12:29 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 19442 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1939: Sunday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1939 falls on Sunday 26 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:17 on Sun 26 Nov to 05:54 on Mon 27 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:17 → 13:5411:160 min11:1648 min26 Nov
Chicago16:17 → 15:5411:130 min11:1448 min26 Nov
Jersey City17:17 → 16:5411:190 min11:1948 min26 Nov
Port of Spain18:17 → 17:5411:290 min11:2948 min26 Nov
London22:17 → 21:5411:230 min11:2348 min26 Nov
Durban00:17 → 23:5411:190 min11:1948 min26 Nov
Dubai02:17 → 01:5411:410 min11:4248 min26 Nov
Delhi03:47 → 03:2411:440 min11:4448 min26 Nov
Kolkata03:47 → 03:2410:590 min11:0048 min26 Nov
Singapore05:37 → 05:1411:470 min11:4848 min26 Nov
Sydney08:17 → 07:5411:180 min11:1848 min26 Nov
Suva10:17 → 09:5411:290 min11:2948 min26 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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