Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1946

Wednesday 15 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 58 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 15 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 16 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 09:26 on Wed 15 May to 11:52 on Thu 16 May.

    1946-05-15T00:25:32Z → 1946-05-16T02:52:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 15th, 12:51–13:39 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 3491 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1946: Wednesday 15 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1946 falls on Wednesday 15 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:26 on Wed 15 May to 11:52 on Thu 16 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:26 → 18:5211:2548 min11:250 min15 May
Chicago19:26 → 21:5212:2348 min12:230 min15 May
Jersey City20:26 → 22:5212:2948 min12:290 min15 May
Port of Spain20:26 → 22:5211:3848 min11:380 min15 May
London01:26 → 03:5212:3348 min12:330 min15 May
Durban02:26 → 04:5211:2848 min11:280 min15 May
Dubai04:26 → 06:5211:5148 min11:510 min15 May
Delhi05:56 → 08:2211:5348 min11:530 min15 May
Kolkata05:56 → 08:2211:0948 min11:090 min15 May
Singapore07:56 → 10:2212:0748 min12:070 min15 May
Sydney10:26 → 12:5211:2748 min11:2748 min15 May
Suva12:26 → 14:5211:381 min11:3848 min16 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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