Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 1974

Monday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 5 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

Midday of Monday 6 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

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 17:14 on Sun 5 May to 16:55 on Mon 6 May.

    1974-05-05T09:14:06Z → 1974-05-06T08:54:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 5th, 11:51–12:39 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 15327 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1974: Monday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1974 falls on Monday 6 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:14 on Sun 5 May to 16:55 on Mon 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:14 → 01:5512:2648 min12:260 min5 May
Chicago04:14 → 03:5512:2448 min12:240 min5 May
Jersey City05:14 → 04:5512:2948 min12:290 min5 May
Port of Spain05:14 → 04:5511:3948 min11:390 min5 May
London10:14 → 09:5512:3448 min12:340 min5 May
Durban11:14 → 10:5511:2848 min11:280 min5 May
Dubai13:14 → 12:5511:520 min11:5248 min6 May
Delhi14:44 → 14:2511:540 min11:5448 min6 May
Kolkata14:44 → 14:2511:090 min11:0948 min6 May
Singapore16:44 → 16:2512:070 min12:0748 min6 May
Sydney19:14 → 18:5511:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Suva21:14 → 20:5511:390 min11:3948 min6 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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