Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1943

Wednesday 19 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 19 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 20 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

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 08:30 on Wed 19 May to 06:13 on Thu 20 May.

    1943-05-18T23:29:39Z → 1943-05-19T21:12:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 19th, 12:51–13:39 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 15663 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1943: Wednesday 19 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1943 falls on Wednesday 19 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:30 on Wed 19 May to 06:13 on Thu 20 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:30 → 14:1312:250 min12:2548 min19 May
Chicago18:30 → 16:1312:230 min12:2348 min19 May
Jersey City19:30 → 17:1312:290 min12:2948 min19 May
Port of Spain20:30 → 18:1312:380 min12:3848 min19 May
London01:30 → 23:1313:330 min13:3348 min19 May
Durban01:30 → 23:1311:280 min11:2848 min19 May
Dubai03:30 → 01:1311:510 min11:5148 min19 May
Delhi06:00 → 03:4312:540 min12:5448 min19 May
Kolkata06:00 → 03:4312:090 min12:0948 min19 May
Singapore08:30 → 06:1313:370 min13:3748 min19 May
Sydney09:30 → 07:1311:270 min11:2748 min19 May
Suva11:30 → 09:1311:380 min11:3948 min19 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

About Ahargaṇa