Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1985

Wednesday 27 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 336 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 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

Midday of Wednesday 27 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 18:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 20:42 on Wed 27 Nov.

    1985-11-26T10:05:04Z → 1985-11-27T12:41:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 26th, 11:42–12:30 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 20151 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1985: Wednesday 27 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1985 falls on Wednesday 27 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 20:42 on Wed 27 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1985/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:05 → 04:4211:1648 min11:170 min26 Nov
Chicago04:05 → 06:4211:1448 min11:140 min26 Nov
Jersey City05:05 → 07:4211:2048 min11:200 min26 Nov
Port of Spain06:05 → 08:4211:2948 min11:300 min26 Nov
London10:05 → 12:4211:2448 min11:2448 min26 Nov
Durban12:05 → 14:4211:192 min11:2048 min27 Nov
Dubai14:05 → 16:4211:420 min11:4248 min27 Nov
Delhi15:35 → 18:1211:440 min11:4548 min27 Nov
Kolkata15:35 → 18:1211:000 min11:0048 min27 Nov
Singapore18:05 → 20:4212:280 min12:2848 min27 Nov
Sydney21:05 → 23:4212:190 min12:1948 min27 Nov
Suva22:05 → 00:4211:300 min11:3048 min27 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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