Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1947

Friday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 256 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 Thursday 27 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 18:59 on Thu 27 Nov to 16:45 on Fri 28 Nov.

    1947-11-27T10:58:58Z → 1947-11-28T08:45:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 27th, 11:42–12:30 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 15332 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1947: Friday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1947 falls on Friday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:59 on Thu 27 Nov to 16:45 on Fri 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 Nov
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/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:59 → 00:4511:1648 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago04:59 → 02:4511:1448 min11:140 min27 Nov
Jersey City05:59 → 03:4511:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain06:59 → 04:4511:3048 min11:300 min27 Nov
London10:59 → 08:4511:2448 min11:240 min27 Nov
Durban12:59 → 10:4511:190 min11:200 min28 Nov
Dubai14:59 → 12:4511:420 min11:4248 min28 Nov
Delhi16:29 → 14:1511:440 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata16:29 → 14:1511:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore18:29 → 16:1511:580 min11:5848 min28 Nov
Sydney20:59 → 18:4511:190 min11:1948 min28 Nov
Suva22:59 → 20:4511:300 min11:3048 min28 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kartiki-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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