Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 1994

Wednesday 25 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 24 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 Wednesday 25 May

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

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 11:39:21
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 15:12 on Tue 24 May to 11:39 on Wed 25 May.

    1994-05-24T07:12:11Z → 1994-05-25T03:39:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 24th, 11:51–12:39 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 710 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1994: Wednesday 25 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 1994 falls on Wednesday 25 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:12 on Tue 24 May to 11:39 on Wed 25 May, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:12 → 20:3912:2648 min12:260 min24 May
Chicago02:12 → 22:3912:2448 min12:240 min24 May
Jersey City03:12 → 23:3912:2948 min12:290 min24 May
Port of Spain03:12 → 23:3911:3948 min11:390 min24 May
London08:12 → 04:3912:3448 min12:340 min24 May
Durban09:12 → 05:3911:2948 min11:290 min24 May
Dubai11:12 → 07:3911:5248 min11:520 min24 May
Delhi12:42 → 09:0911:540 min11:540 min25 May
Kolkata12:42 → 09:0911:090 min11:090 min25 May
Singapore15:12 → 11:3912:370 min12:370 min25 May
Sydney17:12 → 13:3911:280 min11:2848 min25 May
Suva19:12 → 15:3911:390 min11:3948 min25 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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