Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1978

Tuesday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 453 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 14 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 04:05 on Tue 14 Nov to 04:00 on Wed 15 Nov.

    1978-11-13T20:05:07Z → 1978-11-14T20:00:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:38–12:26 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 27192 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1978: Tuesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1978 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:05 on Tue 14 Nov to 04:00 on Wed 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:05 → 12:0011:130 min11:1347 min14 Nov
Chicago14:05 → 14:0011:110 min11:1148 min14 Nov
Jersey City15:05 → 15:0011:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Port of Spain16:05 → 16:0011:260 min11:2648 min14 Nov
London20:05 → 20:0011:200 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban22:05 → 22:0011:160 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Dubai00:05 → 00:0011:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi01:35 → 01:3011:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata01:35 → 01:3010:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore03:35 → 03:3011:550 min11:5548 min14 Nov
Sydney07:05 → 07:0012:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva08:05 → 08:0011:270 min11:2748 min14 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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