Midday of Wednesday 4 May
Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 1966
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 282 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 4 May
Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 5 May
Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 07:09 on Wed 4 May to 05:00 on Thu 5 May.
1966-05-03T23:09:09Z → 1966-05-04T21:00:28Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 4th, 11:51–12:39 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 16925 s
Ruling
Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1966: Wednesday 4 May.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 1966 falls on Wednesday 4 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:09 on Wed 4 May to 05:00 on Thu 5 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 May |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:09 → 14:00 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Chicago | 18:09 → 16:00 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Jersey City | 19:09 → 17:00 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Port of Spain | 19:09 → 17:00 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 4 May |
| London | 00:09 → 22:00 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:34 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Durban | 01:09 → 23:00 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Dubai | 03:09 → 01:00 | 11:52 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Delhi | 04:39 → 02:30 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Kolkata | 04:39 → 02:30 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:09 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Singapore | 06:39 → 04:30 | 12:07 | 0 min | 12:07 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Sydney | 09:09 → 07:00 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Suva | 11:09 → 09:00 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 4 May |