Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1945

Saturday 26 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 122 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 26 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 Sunday 27 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 09:07 on Sat 26 May to 10:49 on Sun 27 May.

    1945-05-26T00:07:06Z → 1945-05-27T01:48:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 26th, 12:51–13:39 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 7347 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1945: Saturday 26 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1945 falls on Saturday 26 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:07 on Sat 26 May to 10:49 on Sun 27 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:07 → 18:4912:2648 min12:260 min26 May
Chicago19:07 → 20:4912:2448 min12:240 min26 May
Jersey City20:07 → 21:4912:2948 min12:300 min26 May
Port of Spain21:07 → 22:4912:3948 min12:390 min26 May
London02:07 → 03:4913:3448 min13:340 min26 May
Durban02:07 → 03:4911:2948 min11:290 min26 May
Dubai04:07 → 05:4911:5248 min11:520 min26 May
Delhi06:37 → 08:1912:5448 min12:540 min26 May
Kolkata06:37 → 08:1912:0948 min12:100 min26 May
Singapore09:07 → 10:4913:3748 min13:380 min26 May
Sydney10:07 → 11:4911:2848 min11:2821 min26 May
Suva12:07 → 13:4911:3920 min11:3948 min27 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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