Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 1967

Tuesday 23 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 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 23 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

Midday of Wednesday 24 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 07:30 on Tue 23 May to 04:22 on Wed 24 May.

    1967-05-22T23:29:41Z → 1967-05-23T20:22:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 23rd, 11:51–12:39 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 15676 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1967: Tuesday 23 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 1967 falls on Tuesday 23 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:30 on Tue 23 May to 04:22 on Wed 24 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1967/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:30 → 13:2212:260 min12:2648 min23 May
Chicago18:30 → 15:2212:230 min12:2348 min23 May
Jersey City19:30 → 16:2212:290 min12:2948 min23 May
Port of Spain19:30 → 16:2211:390 min11:3948 min23 May
London00:30 → 21:2212:330 min12:3448 min23 May
Durban01:30 → 22:2211:280 min11:2848 min23 May
Dubai03:30 → 00:2211:510 min11:5148 min23 May
Delhi05:00 → 01:5211:540 min11:5448 min23 May
Kolkata05:00 → 01:5211:090 min11:0948 min23 May
Singapore07:00 → 03:5212:070 min12:0748 min23 May
Sydney09:30 → 06:2211:280 min11:2848 min23 May
Suva11:30 → 08:2211:390 min11:3948 min23 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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