Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2002

Tuesday 19 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 126 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 19 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 20 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 07:28 on Tue 19 Nov to 09:34 on Wed 20 Nov.

    2002-11-18T23:27:53Z → 2002-11-20T01:33:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 7550 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2002: Tuesday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2002 falls on Tuesday 19 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:28 on Tue 19 Nov to 09:34 on Wed 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:28 → 17:3411:140 min11:150 min19 Nov
Chicago17:28 → 19:3411:120 min11:120 min19 Nov
Jersey City18:28 → 20:3411:170 min11:180 min19 Nov
Port of Spain19:28 → 21:3411:270 min11:280 min19 Nov
London23:28 → 01:3411:210 min11:220 min19 Nov
Durban01:28 → 03:3411:170 min11:180 min19 Nov
Dubai03:28 → 05:3411:400 min11:400 min19 Nov
Delhi04:58 → 07:0411:420 min11:420 min19 Nov
Kolkata04:58 → 07:0410:580 min10:580 min19 Nov
Singapore07:28 → 09:3412:260 min12:260 min19 Nov
Sydney10:28 → 12:3412:160 min12:1717 min19 Nov
Suva11:28 → 13:3411:270 min11:2848 min20 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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