Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1948

Saturday 22 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 155 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 22 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 23 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

0 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 10:16 on Sat 22 May to 09:37 on Sun 23 May.

    1948-05-22T01:16:17Z → 1948-05-23T00:36:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 22nd, 12:51–13:39 on the 23rd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 9277 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1948: Saturday 22 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1948 falls on Saturday 22 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:16 on Sat 22 May to 09:37 on Sun 23 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:16 → 17:3712:2648 min12:260 min22 May
Chicago20:16 → 19:3712:2348 min12:230 min22 May
Jersey City21:16 → 20:3712:2948 min12:290 min22 May
Port of Spain21:16 → 20:3711:3948 min11:390 min22 May
London02:16 → 01:3712:3348 min12:340 min22 May
Durban03:16 → 02:3711:2848 min11:280 min22 May
Dubai05:16 → 04:3711:5148 min11:510 min22 May
Delhi06:46 → 06:0711:5448 min11:540 min22 May
Kolkata06:46 → 06:0711:0948 min11:090 min22 May
Singapore08:46 → 08:0712:0748 min12:070 min22 May
Sydney11:16 → 10:3711:2848 min11:280 min22 May
Suva13:16 → 12:3711:390 min11:3948 min23 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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