Midday of Monday 4 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1968
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 4 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 5 November
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 10:31 on Mon 4 Nov to 12:25 on Tue 5 Nov.
1968-11-04T02:30:41Z → 1968-11-05T04:24:38Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 4th, 11:38–12:26 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 47 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 55 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1968: Monday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1968 falls on Monday 4 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:31 on Mon 4 Nov to 12:25 on Tue 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 47 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 55 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:31 → 20:25 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:31 → 22:25 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:31 → 23:25 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:31 → 00:25 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 03:31 → 05:25 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 04:31 → 06:25 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:31 → 08:25 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:01 → 09:55 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:01 → 09:55 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:01 → 11:55 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:31 → 14:25 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 14:31 → 16:25 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |