Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1948

Friday 23 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 527 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 22 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 23:28 on Thu 22 Apr to 21:28 on Fri 23 Apr.

    1948-04-22T15:28:09Z → 1948-04-23T13:28:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd, 11:53–12:41 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 31647 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1948: Friday 23 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1948 falls on Friday 23 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:28 on Thu 22 Apr to 21:28 on Fri 23 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 Apr
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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” 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 Angeles08:28 → 06:2812:2848 min12:270 min22 Apr
Chicago09:28 → 07:2811:2548 min11:250 min22 Apr
Jersey City10:28 → 08:2811:3148 min11:310 min22 Apr
Port of Spain11:28 → 09:2811:4148 min11:400 min22 Apr
London16:28 → 14:2812:360 min12:3548 min23 Apr
Durban17:28 → 15:2811:300 min11:3048 min23 Apr
Dubai19:28 → 17:2811:530 min11:5348 min23 Apr
Delhi20:58 → 18:5811:560 min11:5648 min23 Apr
Kolkata20:58 → 18:5811:110 min11:1148 min23 Apr
Singapore22:58 → 20:5812:090 min12:0948 min23 Apr
Sydney01:28 → 23:2811:300 min11:2948 min23 Apr
Suva03:28 → 01:2811:410 min11:4148 min23 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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