Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2003

Saturday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 144 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 Saturday 8 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

Midday of Sunday 9 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 06:44 on Sat 8 Nov to 09:13 on Sun 9 Nov.

    2003-11-07T22:43:50Z → 2003-11-09T01:13:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 8660 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2003: Saturday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2003 falls on Saturday 8 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:44 on Sat 8 Nov to 09:13 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:44 → 17:1311:120 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago16:44 → 19:1311:100 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City17:44 → 20:1311:160 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain18:44 → 21:1311:260 min11:260 min8 Nov
London22:44 → 01:1311:200 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban00:44 → 03:1311:160 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai02:44 → 05:1311:380 min11:380 min8 Nov
Delhi04:14 → 06:4311:410 min11:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata04:14 → 06:4310:560 min10:560 min8 Nov
Singapore06:44 → 09:1312:240 min12:240 min8 Nov
Sydney09:44 → 12:1312:150 min12:150 min8 Nov
Suva10:44 → 13:1311:260 min11:2648 min8 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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