Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1997

Friday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 585 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 Thursday 13 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 Friday 14 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 01:01 on Fri 14 Nov to 22:12 on Fri 14 Nov.

    1997-11-13T17:00:55Z → 1997-11-14T14:11:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 13th, 11:38–12:26 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 35116 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1997: Friday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1997 falls on Friday 14 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:01 on Fri 14 Nov to 22:12 on Fri 14 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:01 → 06:1211:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago11:01 → 08:1211:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City12:01 → 09:1211:164 min11:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain13:01 → 10:1211:260 min11:260 min14 Nov
London17:01 → 14:1211:210 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban19:01 → 16:1211:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Dubai21:01 → 18:1211:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi22:31 → 19:4211:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata22:31 → 19:4210:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore01:01 → 22:1212:250 min12:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney04:01 → 01:1212:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva05:01 → 02:1211:270 min11:2748 min14 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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