Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1956

Sunday 22 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 391 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 Sunday 22 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 03:02 on Sun 22 Jul to 05:29 on Mon 23 Jul.

    1956-07-21T19:01:42Z → 1956-07-22T21:28:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 22nd, 12:00–12:48 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 23477 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1956: Sunday 22 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 1956 falls on Sunday 22 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:02 on Sun 22 Jul to 05:29 on Mon 23 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 22 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 22 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 Jul
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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:02 → 14:2912:3548 min12:3548 min22 Jul
Chicago14:02 → 16:2912:330 min12:3348 min22 Jul
Jersey City15:02 → 17:2912:380 min12:3848 min22 Jul
Port of Spain15:02 → 17:2911:480 min11:4848 min22 Jul
London20:02 → 22:2912:420 min12:4248 min22 Jul
Durban21:02 → 23:2911:380 min11:3848 min22 Jul
Dubai23:02 → 01:2912:010 min12:0148 min22 Jul
Delhi00:32 → 02:5912:030 min12:0348 min22 Jul
Kolkata00:32 → 02:5911:190 min11:1948 min22 Jul
Singapore02:32 → 04:5912:170 min12:1748 min22 Jul
Sydney05:02 → 07:2911:380 min11:3848 min22 Jul
Suva07:02 → 09:2911:490 min11:4948 min22 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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