Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1961

Wednesday 22 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 316 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 21 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 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 19:06 on Tue 21 Nov to 17:44 on Wed 22 Nov.

    1961-11-21T11:05:37Z → 1961-11-22T09:43:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 21st, 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 18939 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1961: Wednesday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1961 falls on Wednesday 22 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:06 on Tue 21 Nov to 17:44 on Wed 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:06 → 01:4411:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago05:06 → 03:4411:1248 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City06:06 → 04:4411:1848 min11:180 min21 Nov
Port of Spain07:06 → 05:4411:2848 min11:280 min21 Nov
London11:06 → 09:4411:2248 min11:220 min21 Nov
Durban13:06 → 11:4411:180 min11:1826 min22 Nov
Dubai15:06 → 13:4411:410 min11:4148 min22 Nov
Delhi16:36 → 15:1411:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata16:36 → 15:1410:580 min10:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore18:36 → 17:1411:560 min11:5748 min22 Nov
Sydney21:06 → 19:4411:170 min11:1748 min22 Nov
Suva23:06 → 21:4411:280 min11:2848 min22 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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