Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1944

Tuesday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 30 October

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:38  13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 31 October

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:38  13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14

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 02:01 on Tue 31 Oct to 22:35 on Tue 31 Oct.

    1944-10-30T17:01:17Z → 1944-10-31T13:35:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 30th, 12:38–13:26 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 32987 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1944: Tuesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1944 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:01 on Tue 31 Oct to 22:35 on Tue 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 31 Oct
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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:01 → 06:3512:1248 min12:120 min30 Oct
Chicago12:01 → 08:3512:1048 min12:100 min30 Oct
Jersey City13:01 → 09:3512:162 min12:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain14:01 → 10:3512:260 min12:260 min31 Oct
London18:01 → 14:3512:200 min12:2048 min31 Oct
Durban19:01 → 15:3511:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai21:01 → 17:3511:380 min11:3848 min31 Oct
Delhi23:31 → 20:0512:410 min12:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata23:31 → 20:0511:560 min11:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore02:01 → 22:3513:240 min13:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney03:01 → 23:3511:150 min11:1548 min31 Oct
Suva05:01 → 01:3511:260 min11:2648 min31 Oct
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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