Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 1993

Thursday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 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 Wednesday 5 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 6 May

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 11:33:44
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 14:29 on Wed 5 May to 11:34 on Thu 6 May.

    1993-05-05T06:28:31Z → 1993-05-06T03:33:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 5th, 11:51–12:39 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 1039 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1993: Thursday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 1993 falls on Thursday 6 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:29 on Wed 5 May to 11:34 on Thu 6 May, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:29 → 20:3412:2648 min12:260 min5 May
Chicago01:29 → 22:3412:2448 min12:240 min5 May
Jersey City02:29 → 23:3412:2948 min12:290 min5 May
Port of Spain02:29 → 23:3411:3948 min11:390 min5 May
London07:29 → 04:3412:3448 min12:340 min5 May
Durban08:29 → 05:3411:2848 min11:280 min5 May
Dubai10:29 → 07:3411:5248 min11:520 min5 May
Delhi11:59 → 09:0411:5443 min11:540 min5 May
Kolkata11:59 → 09:0411:090 min11:090 min6 May
Singapore14:29 → 11:3412:370 min12:370 min6 May
Sydney16:29 → 13:3411:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Suva18:29 → 15:3411:390 min11:3948 min6 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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