Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1946

Sunday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 173 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 13 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

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 16:40 on Sat 13 Jul to 18:23 on Sun 14 Jul.

    1946-07-13T07:40:16Z → 1946-07-14T09:22:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 13th, 13:00–13:48 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 10368 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1946: Sunday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 1946 falls on Sunday 14 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:40 on Sat 13 Jul to 18:23 on Sun 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 Jul
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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:40 → 01:2311:3448 min11:350 min13 Jul
Chicago02:40 → 04:2312:3248 min12:320 min13 Jul
Jersey City03:40 → 05:2312:3848 min12:380 min13 Jul
Port of Spain03:40 → 05:2311:4848 min11:480 min13 Jul
London08:40 → 10:2312:4248 min12:420 min13 Jul
Durban09:40 → 11:2311:3748 min11:380 min13 Jul
Dubai11:40 → 13:2312:0048 min12:0048 min14 Jul
Delhi13:10 → 14:5312:020 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata13:10 → 14:5311:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore15:10 → 16:5312:160 min12:1648 min14 Jul
Sydney17:40 → 19:2311:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva19:40 → 21:2311:480 min11:4848 min14 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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