Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1949

Saturday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 Saturday 5 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 02:39 on Sat 5 Nov to 05:09 on Sun 6 Nov.

    1949-11-04T18:38:47Z → 1949-11-05T21:09:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 23314 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1949: Saturday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1949 falls on Saturday 5 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:39 on Sat 5 Nov to 05:09 on Sun 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:39 → 13:0911:1248 min11:1248 min4 Nov
Chicago12:39 → 15:0911:100 min11:1048 min5 Nov
Jersey City13:39 → 16:0911:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Port of Spain14:39 → 17:0911:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London18:39 → 21:0911:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban20:39 → 23:0911:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai22:39 → 01:0911:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi00:09 → 02:3911:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata00:09 → 02:3910:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore02:09 → 04:3911:540 min11:5448 min5 Nov
Sydney04:39 → 07:0911:150 min11:1548 min5 Nov
Suva06:39 → 09:0911:260 min11:2648 min5 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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