Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 1955

Friday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 Friday 6 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 7 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 04:08 on Fri 6 May to 06:14 on Sat 7 May.

    1955-05-05T20:07:36Z → 1955-05-06T22:14:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 20219 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1955: Friday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 1955 falls on Friday 6 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:08 on Fri 6 May to 06:14 on Sat 7 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:08 → 15:1412:266 min12:2648 min6 May
Chicago15:08 → 17:1412:240 min12:2448 min6 May
Jersey City16:08 → 18:1412:290 min12:2948 min6 May
Port of Spain16:08 → 18:1411:390 min11:3948 min6 May
London21:08 → 23:1412:340 min12:3448 min6 May
Durban22:08 → 00:1411:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Dubai00:08 → 02:1411:520 min11:5248 min6 May
Delhi01:38 → 03:4411:540 min11:5448 min6 May
Kolkata01:38 → 03:4411:090 min11:0948 min6 May
Singapore03:38 → 05:4412:070 min12:0748 min6 May
Sydney06:08 → 08:1411:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Suva08:08 → 10:1411:390 min11:3948 min6 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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