Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1962

Thursday 19 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 200 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 19 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 20 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 06:47 on Thu 19 Apr to 08:33 on Fri 20 Apr.

    1962-04-18T22:46:51Z → 1962-04-20T00:33:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 19th, 11:54–12:42 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 12015 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1962: Thursday 19 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1962 falls on Thursday 19 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:47 on Thu 19 Apr to 08:33 on Fri 20 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:47 → 16:3311:290 min11:280 min19 Apr
Chicago16:47 → 18:3311:260 min11:260 min19 Apr
Jersey City17:47 → 19:3311:320 min11:320 min19 Apr
Port of Spain18:47 → 20:3311:420 min11:410 min19 Apr
London23:47 → 01:3312:360 min12:360 min19 Apr
Durban00:47 → 02:3311:310 min11:310 min19 Apr
Dubai02:47 → 04:3311:540 min11:540 min19 Apr
Delhi04:17 → 06:0311:570 min11:560 min19 Apr
Kolkata04:17 → 06:0311:120 min11:120 min19 Apr
Singapore06:17 → 08:0312:100 min12:100 min19 Apr
Sydney08:47 → 10:3311:300 min11:300 min19 Apr
Suva10:47 → 12:3311:420 min11:4148 min20 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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