Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1963

Saturday 30 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Saturday 30 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 11:42:34
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 December

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 11:43 on Sat 30 Nov to 07:54 on Sun 1 Dec.

    1963-11-30T03:42:35Z → 1963-11-30T23:54:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 30th, 11:43–12:31 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 12 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1963: Saturday 30 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1963 falls on Saturday 30 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:43 on Sat 30 Nov to 07:54 on Sun 1 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 30 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 30 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 30 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:43 → 15:5411:1748 min11:180 min30 Nov
Chicago21:43 → 17:5411:1548 min11:150 min30 Nov
Jersey City22:43 → 18:5411:2148 min11:210 min30 Nov
Port of Spain23:43 → 19:5411:3148 min11:310 min30 Nov
London03:43 → 23:5411:2548 min11:250 min30 Nov
Durban05:43 → 01:5411:2048 min11:210 min30 Nov
Dubai07:43 → 03:5411:4348 min11:430 min30 Nov
Delhi09:13 → 05:2411:4548 min11:460 min30 Nov
Kolkata09:13 → 05:2411:0148 min11:010 min30 Nov
Singapore11:13 → 07:2411:5948 min11:590 min30 Nov
Sydney13:43 → 09:5411:200 min11:200 min1 Dec
Suva15:43 → 11:5411:310 min11:3123 min1 Dec
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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