Midday of Sunday 4 May
Qualifies with 26 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:51 13:39 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 13:13:07
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27
26 of 48 minutes covered, the last 26
Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1947
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 4 May
Qualifies with 26 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
26 of 48 minutes covered, the last 26
Midday of Monday 5 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 13:13 on Sun 4 May to 13:53 on Mon 5 May.
1947-05-04T04:13:07Z → 1947-05-05T04:53:13Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 4th, 12:51–13:39 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 26 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 842 s
Ruling
Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1947: Monday 5 May.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1947 falls on Monday 5 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:13 on Sun 4 May to 13:53 on Mon 5 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 26 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 5 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 5 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 5 May |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:13 → 20:53 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Chicago | 23:13 → 23:53 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Jersey City | 00:13 → 00:53 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Port of Spain | 00:13 → 00:53 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 4 May |
| London | 06:13 → 06:53 | 13:34 | 48 min | 13:34 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Durban | 06:13 → 06:53 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Dubai | 08:13 → 08:53 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Delhi | 09:43 → 10:23 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Kolkata | 09:43 → 10:23 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:09 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Singapore | 11:43 → 12:23 | 12:07 | 48 min | 12:07 | 16 min | 4 May |
| Sydney | 14:13 → 14:53 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 5 May |
| Suva | 16:13 → 16:53 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 5 May |