Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 1963

Saturday 6 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Saturday 6 July

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

04:59 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:56
Pūrṇimā begins 05:11:44
04:3504:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

165 of 178 minutes covered, the last 165

Morning of Sunday 7 July

Pūrṇimā holds for 56 of 177 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

04:59 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:57
Pūrṇimā ends 05:55:23
04:3504:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

56 of 177 minutes covered, the first 56

Pūrṇimā presentThe first three muhūrtas after sunrise, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 05:12 on Sat 6 Jul to 05:55 on Sun 7 Jul.

    1963-07-05T21:11:45Z → 1963-07-06T21:55:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 04:59–07:56 on the 6th, 04:59–07:57 on the 7th.

    udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 165 of 178 minutes on the 6th and 56 of 177 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vyāsa Pūjā, Baoding, 1963: Saturday 6 July.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vyāsa Pūjā 1963 falls on Saturday 6 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:12 on Sat 6 Jul to 05:55 on Sun 7 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/vyasa-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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/vyasa-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise
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.

PlacePūrṇimāSunrise 5thCoveredSunrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:12 → 14:5505:470 min05:47172 min6 Jul
Chicago16:12 → 16:5505:210 min05:22181 min6 Jul
Jersey City17:12 → 17:5505:310 min05:31180 min6 Jul
Port of Spain17:12 → 17:5505:490 min05:49153 min6 Jul
London22:12 → 22:5504:500 min04:51197 min6 Jul
Durban23:12 → 23:5506:520 min06:52123 min6 Jul
Dubai01:12 → 01:5505:340 min05:34164 min6 Jul
Delhi02:42 → 03:2505:280 min05:28167 min6 Jul
Kolkata02:42 → 03:2504:570 min04:57162 min6 Jul
Singapore04:42 → 05:2506:330 min06:33146 min6 Jul
Sydney07:12 → 07:5507:010 min07:01109 min6 Jul
Suva09:12 → 09:5506:390 min06:390 min7 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vyasa-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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