Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1948

Tuesday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 548 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 Tuesday 16 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 02:03 on Tue 16 Nov to 02:31 on Wed 17 Nov.

    1948-11-15T18:02:30Z → 1948-11-16T18:31:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 32854 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1948: Tuesday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1948 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:03 on Tue 16 Nov to 02:31 on Wed 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:03 → 11:3112:1448 min12:140 min15 Nov
Chicago12:03 → 12:3111:110 min11:1148 min16 Nov
Jersey City13:03 → 13:3111:170 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Port of Spain14:03 → 14:3111:270 min11:2748 min16 Nov
London18:03 → 18:3111:210 min11:2148 min16 Nov
Durban20:03 → 20:3111:170 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Dubai22:03 → 22:3111:390 min11:3948 min16 Nov
Delhi23:33 → 00:0111:420 min11:4248 min16 Nov
Kolkata23:33 → 00:0110:570 min10:5748 min16 Nov
Singapore01:33 → 02:0111:550 min11:5548 min16 Nov
Sydney04:03 → 04:3111:160 min11:1648 min16 Nov
Suva06:03 → 06:3111:270 min11:2748 min16 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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