Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1946

Tuesday 16 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 15 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 16 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 17:05 on Mon 15 Apr to 18:47 on Tue 16 Apr.

    1946-04-15T09:04:39Z → 1946-04-16T10:47:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 15th, 11:54–12:42 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 15717 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1946: Tuesday 16 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1946 falls on Tuesday 16 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:05 on Mon 15 Apr to 18:47 on Tue 16 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 Apr
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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” 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 Angeles01:05 → 02:4711:2948 min11:290 min15 Apr
Chicago03:05 → 04:4711:2748 min11:270 min15 Apr
Jersey City04:05 → 05:4711:3348 min11:330 min15 Apr
Port of Spain05:05 → 06:4711:4248 min11:420 min15 Apr
London10:05 → 11:4712:3748 min12:370 min15 Apr
Durban11:05 → 12:4711:3248 min11:3248 min16 Apr
Dubai13:05 → 14:4711:550 min11:5548 min16 Apr
Delhi14:35 → 16:1711:570 min11:5748 min16 Apr
Kolkata14:35 → 16:1711:130 min11:1348 min16 Apr
Singapore16:35 → 18:1712:110 min12:1148 min16 Apr
Sydney19:05 → 20:4711:310 min11:3148 min16 Apr
Suva21:05 → 22:4711:420 min11:4248 min16 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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