Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1940

Thursday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 75 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 Thursday 14 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 15 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 08:18 on Thu 14 Nov to 10:23 on Fri 15 Nov.

    1940-11-14T00:18:18Z → 1940-11-15T02:23:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 4521 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1940: Thursday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1940 falls on Thursday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:18 on Thu 14 Nov to 10:23 on Fri 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1940/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:18 → 18:2311:1348 min11:140 min14 Nov
Chicago18:18 → 20:2311:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City19:18 → 21:2311:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain20:18 → 22:2311:2748 min11:270 min14 Nov
London01:18 → 03:2312:2148 min12:210 min14 Nov
Durban02:18 → 04:2311:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Dubai04:18 → 06:2311:3948 min11:390 min14 Nov
Delhi05:48 → 07:5311:4148 min11:420 min14 Nov
Kolkata05:48 → 07:5310:5748 min10:570 min14 Nov
Singapore07:38 → 09:4311:4548 min11:450 min14 Nov
Sydney10:18 → 12:2311:1648 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Suva12:18 → 14:2311:270 min11:2748 min15 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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