Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1977

Friday 25 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 610 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 Friday 25 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 23:16 on Thu 24 Nov to 01:31 on Sat 26 Nov.

    1977-11-24T15:15:48Z → 1977-11-25T17:31:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 36589 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1977: Friday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1977 falls on Friday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:16 on Thu 24 Nov to 01:31 on Sat 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:16 → 09:3111:1648 min11:160 min24 Nov
Chicago09:16 → 11:3111:1348 min11:1418 min24 Nov
Jersey City10:16 → 12:3111:1948 min11:1948 min24 Nov
Port of Spain11:16 → 13:3111:2948 min11:2948 min24 Nov
London15:16 → 17:3111:230 min11:2348 min25 Nov
Durban17:16 → 19:3111:190 min11:1948 min25 Nov
Dubai19:16 → 21:3111:410 min11:4248 min25 Nov
Delhi20:46 → 23:0111:440 min11:4448 min25 Nov
Kolkata20:46 → 23:0110:590 min10:5948 min25 Nov
Singapore22:46 → 01:0111:570 min11:5848 min25 Nov
Sydney02:16 → 04:3112:180 min12:1848 min25 Nov
Suva03:16 → 05:3111:290 min11:2948 min25 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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