Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1955

Tuesday 29 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 443 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 29 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 30 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 04:19 on Tue 29 Nov to 00:50 on Wed 30 Nov.

    1955-11-28T20:18:44Z → 1955-11-29T16:49:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 29th, 11:42–12:30 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 26598 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1955: Tuesday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1955 falls on Tuesday 29 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:19 on Tue 29 Nov to 00:50 on Wed 30 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:19 → 08:5011:170 min11:170 min29 Nov
Chicago14:19 → 10:5011:140 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City15:19 → 11:5011:200 min11:2029 min29 Nov
Port of Spain16:19 → 12:5011:300 min11:3048 min29 Nov
London20:19 → 16:5011:240 min11:2448 min29 Nov
Durban22:19 → 18:5011:200 min11:2048 min29 Nov
Dubai00:19 → 20:5011:420 min11:4348 min29 Nov
Delhi01:49 → 22:2011:450 min11:4548 min29 Nov
Kolkata01:49 → 22:2011:000 min11:0148 min29 Nov
Singapore03:49 → 00:2011:580 min11:5948 min29 Nov
Sydney06:19 → 02:5011:190 min11:1948 min29 Nov
Suva08:19 → 04:5011:300 min11:3048 min29 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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