Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1975

Tuesday 18 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 311 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 18 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 05:05 on Tue 18 Nov to 06:28 on Wed 19 Nov.

    1975-11-17T21:04:39Z → 1975-11-18T22:28:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 18th, 11:39–12:27 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 18658 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1975: Tuesday 18 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1975 falls on Tuesday 18 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:05 on Tue 18 Nov to 06:28 on Wed 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 Nov
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/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:05 → 14:2811:140 min11:1448 min18 Nov
Chicago15:05 → 16:2811:110 min11:1248 min18 Nov
Jersey City16:05 → 17:2811:170 min11:1748 min18 Nov
Port of Spain17:05 → 18:2811:270 min11:2748 min18 Nov
London21:05 → 22:2811:210 min11:2148 min18 Nov
Durban23:05 → 00:2811:170 min11:1748 min18 Nov
Dubai01:05 → 02:2811:400 min11:4048 min18 Nov
Delhi02:35 → 03:5811:420 min11:4248 min18 Nov
Kolkata02:35 → 03:5810:570 min10:5748 min18 Nov
Singapore04:35 → 05:5811:550 min11:5648 min18 Nov
Sydney08:05 → 09:2812:160 min12:1648 min18 Nov
Suva09:05 → 10:2811:270 min11:2748 min18 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kartiki-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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