Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1947

Thursday 3 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 207 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 2 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 17:13 on Wed 2 Jul to 19:39 on Thu 3 Jul.

    1947-07-02T08:12:32Z → 1947-07-03T10:38:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 2nd, 12:58–13:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 12406 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1947: Thursday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 1947 falls on Thursday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:13 on Wed 2 Jul to 19:39 on Thu 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:13 → 02:3911:3348 min11:330 min2 Jul
Chicago03:13 → 05:3912:3048 min12:300 min2 Jul
Jersey City04:13 → 06:3912:3648 min12:360 min2 Jul
Port of Spain04:13 → 06:3911:4648 min11:460 min2 Jul
London10:13 → 12:3913:4048 min13:400 min2 Jul
Durban10:13 → 12:3911:3648 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Dubai12:13 → 14:3911:5834 min11:5948 min3 Jul
Delhi13:43 → 16:0912:010 min12:0148 min3 Jul
Kolkata13:43 → 16:0911:160 min11:1648 min3 Jul
Singapore15:43 → 18:0912:140 min12:1448 min3 Jul
Sydney18:13 → 20:3911:350 min11:3548 min3 Jul
Suva20:13 → 22:3911:460 min11:4648 min3 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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