Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1968

Wednesday 10 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 42 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 9 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 July

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 11:17:36
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 14:35 on Tue 9 Jul to 11:18 on Wed 10 Jul.

    1968-07-09T06:35:19Z → 1968-07-10T03:17:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 2496 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1968: Wednesday 10 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 1968 falls on Wednesday 10 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:35 on Tue 9 Jul to 11:18 on Wed 10 Jul, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
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.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:35 → 20:1812:3448 min12:340 min9 Jul
Chicago01:35 → 22:1812:3248 min12:320 min9 Jul
Jersey City02:35 → 23:1812:3748 min12:370 min9 Jul
Port of Spain02:35 → 23:1811:4748 min11:470 min9 Jul
London07:35 → 04:1812:4148 min12:410 min9 Jul
Durban08:35 → 05:1811:3748 min11:370 min9 Jul
Dubai10:35 → 07:1812:0048 min12:000 min9 Jul
Delhi12:05 → 08:4812:0245 min12:020 min9 Jul
Kolkata12:05 → 08:4811:180 min11:180 min9 Jul
Singapore14:05 → 10:4812:160 min12:160 min10 Jul
Sydney16:35 → 13:1811:360 min11:3648 min10 Jul
Suva18:35 → 15:1811:470 min11:4848 min10 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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