Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1956

Tuesday 24 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 123 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 24 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

Midday of Wednesday 25 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 09:50 on Tue 24 Apr to 09:41 on Wed 25 Apr.

    1956-04-24T01:49:34Z → 1956-04-25T01:40:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 24th, 11:52–12:40 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 7384 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1956: Tuesday 24 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1956 falls on Tuesday 24 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:50 on Tue 24 Apr to 09:41 on Wed 25 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:50 → 17:4111:2748 min11:270 min24 Apr
Chicago19:50 → 19:4111:2548 min11:250 min24 Apr
Jersey City20:50 → 20:4111:3148 min11:310 min24 Apr
Port of Spain21:50 → 21:4111:4048 min11:400 min24 Apr
London02:50 → 02:4112:3548 min12:350 min24 Apr
Durban03:50 → 03:4111:3048 min11:300 min24 Apr
Dubai05:50 → 05:4111:5348 min11:530 min24 Apr
Delhi07:20 → 07:1111:5548 min11:550 min24 Apr
Kolkata07:20 → 07:1111:1148 min11:110 min24 Apr
Singapore09:20 → 09:1112:0948 min12:090 min24 Apr
Sydney11:50 → 11:4111:2928 min11:2912 min25 Apr
Suva13:50 → 13:4111:400 min11:4048 min25 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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