Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 1998

Wednesday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 53 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 3 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 17:14 on Tue 3 Nov to 13:18 on Wed 4 Nov.

    1998-11-03T09:13:59Z → 1998-11-04T05:18:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd, 11:37–12:25 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 3162 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1998: Wednesday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 1998 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:14 on Tue 3 Nov to 13:18 on Wed 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:14 → 21:1811:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago03:14 → 23:1811:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City04:14 → 00:1811:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain05:14 → 01:1811:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London09:14 → 05:1811:2048 min11:200 min3 Nov
Durban11:14 → 07:1811:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Dubai13:14 → 09:1811:380 min11:380 min4 Nov
Delhi14:44 → 10:4811:400 min11:400 min4 Nov
Kolkata14:44 → 10:4810:560 min10:560 min4 Nov
Singapore17:14 → 13:1812:240 min12:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney20:14 → 16:1812:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva22:14 → 18:1812:260 min12:2648 min4 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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