Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1941

Friday 11 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 181 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 11 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 12 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

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 09:55 on Fri 11 Apr to 06:15 on Sat 12 Apr.

    1941-04-11T00:54:57Z → 1941-04-11T21:14:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 11th, 12:55–13:43 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 10845 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1941: Friday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1941 falls on Friday 11 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:55 on Fri 11 Apr to 06:15 on Sat 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 Apr
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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:55 → 13:1511:3048 min11:300 min11 Apr
Chicago18:55 → 15:1511:2848 min11:280 min11 Apr
Jersey City19:55 → 16:1511:3448 min11:330 min11 Apr
Port of Spain20:55 → 17:1511:4348 min11:430 min11 Apr
London01:55 → 22:1512:3848 min12:380 min11 Apr
Durban02:55 → 23:1511:3348 min11:330 min11 Apr
Dubai04:55 → 01:1511:5648 min11:560 min11 Apr
Delhi06:25 → 02:4511:5848 min11:580 min11 Apr
Kolkata06:25 → 02:4511:1448 min11:140 min11 Apr
Singapore08:15 → 04:3512:0248 min12:020 min11 Apr
Sydney10:55 → 07:1511:3248 min11:320 min11 Apr
Suva12:55 → 09:1511:430 min11:430 min12 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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