Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1944

Monday 8 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 144 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 7 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

Midday of Monday 8 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

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:02 on Sun 7 May to 16:28 on Mon 8 May.

    1944-05-07T07:02:29Z → 1944-05-08T07:28:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 7th, 12:51–13:39 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 8613 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1944: Monday 8 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1944 falls on Monday 8 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:02 on Sun 7 May to 16:28 on Mon 8 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:02 → 00:2812:2648 min12:260 min7 May
Chicago02:02 → 02:2812:2348 min12:230 min7 May
Jersey City03:02 → 03:2812:2948 min12:290 min7 May
Port of Spain04:02 → 04:2812:3948 min12:390 min7 May
London09:02 → 09:2813:3348 min13:330 min7 May
Durban09:02 → 09:2811:2848 min11:280 min7 May
Dubai11:02 → 11:2811:5148 min11:510 min7 May
Delhi13:32 → 13:5812:549 min12:5448 min8 May
Kolkata13:32 → 13:5812:090 min12:0948 min8 May
Singapore16:02 → 16:2813:370 min13:3748 min8 May
Sydney17:02 → 17:2811:270 min11:2748 min8 May
Suva19:02 → 19:2811:390 min11:3948 min8 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

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