Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 1995

Sunday 14 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 212 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 14 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 08:19 on Sun 14 May to 04:48 on Mon 15 May.

    1995-05-14T00:19:05Z → 1995-05-14T20:48:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 14th, 11:51–12:39 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. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 12700 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1995: Sunday 14 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 1995 falls on Sunday 14 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:19 on Sun 14 May to 04:48 on Mon 15 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:19 → 13:4812:2648 min12:260 min14 May
Chicago19:19 → 15:4812:2348 min12:230 min14 May
Jersey City20:19 → 16:4812:2948 min12:290 min14 May
Port of Spain20:19 → 16:4811:3848 min11:380 min14 May
London01:19 → 21:4812:3348 min12:330 min14 May
Durban02:19 → 22:4811:2848 min11:280 min14 May
Dubai04:19 → 00:4811:5148 min11:510 min14 May
Delhi05:49 → 02:1811:5448 min11:540 min14 May
Kolkata05:49 → 02:1811:0948 min11:090 min14 May
Singapore08:19 → 04:4812:3748 min12:370 min14 May
Sydney10:19 → 06:4811:2748 min11:270 min14 May
Suva12:19 → 08:4811:397 min11:390 min14 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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