Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1996

Wednesday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 221 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 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 4 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 08:17 on Wed 3 Apr to 08:07 on Thu 4 Apr.

    1996-04-03T00:17:11Z → 1996-04-04T00:06:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:57–12:45 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13236 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1996: Wednesday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1996 falls on Wednesday 3 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:17 on Wed 3 Apr to 08:07 on Thu 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 Apr
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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:17 → 16:0711:3248 min11:320 min3 Apr
Chicago18:17 → 18:0711:3048 min11:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City19:17 → 19:0711:3648 min11:360 min3 Apr
Port of Spain20:17 → 20:0711:4548 min11:450 min3 Apr
London01:17 → 01:0712:4048 min12:400 min3 Apr
Durban02:17 → 02:0711:3548 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai04:17 → 04:0711:5848 min11:580 min3 Apr
Delhi05:47 → 05:3712:0148 min12:000 min3 Apr
Kolkata05:47 → 05:3711:1648 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore08:17 → 08:0712:4448 min12:440 min3 Apr
Sydney10:17 → 10:0711:3448 min11:340 min3 Apr
Suva12:17 → 12:0711:4616 min11:4522 min4 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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