Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1986

Sunday 16 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 357 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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:23 on Sat 15 Nov to 20:12 on Sun 16 Nov.

    1986-11-15T10:23:10Z → 1986-11-16T12:11:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 21402 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1986: Sunday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1986 falls on Sunday 16 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:23 on Sat 15 Nov to 20:12 on Sun 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:23 → 04:1211:1348 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago04:23 → 06:1211:1148 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City05:23 → 07:1211:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain06:23 → 08:1211:2748 min11:270 min15 Nov
London10:23 → 12:1211:2148 min11:2148 min15 Nov
Durban12:23 → 14:1211:170 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Dubai14:23 → 16:1211:390 min11:3948 min16 Nov
Delhi15:53 → 17:4211:410 min11:4248 min16 Nov
Kolkata15:53 → 17:4210:570 min10:5748 min16 Nov
Singapore18:23 → 20:1212:250 min12:2548 min16 Nov
Sydney21:23 → 23:1212:160 min12:1648 min16 Nov
Suva22:23 → 00:1211:270 min11:2748 min16 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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