Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2004

Friday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 26 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 27 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 02:25 on Fri 26 Nov to 04:07 on Sat 27 Nov.

    2004-11-25T18:24:46Z → 2004-11-26T20:07:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 26th, 11:42–12:30 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 27264 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2004: Friday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2004 falls on Friday 26 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:25 on Fri 26 Nov to 04:07 on Sat 27 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:25 → 12:0711:1648 min11:1648 min25 Nov
Chicago12:25 → 14:0711:140 min11:1448 min26 Nov
Jersey City13:25 → 15:0711:190 min11:2048 min26 Nov
Port of Spain14:25 → 16:0711:290 min11:3048 min26 Nov
London18:25 → 20:0711:230 min11:2448 min26 Nov
Durban20:25 → 22:0711:190 min11:1948 min26 Nov
Dubai22:25 → 00:0711:420 min11:4248 min26 Nov
Delhi23:55 → 01:3711:440 min11:4448 min26 Nov
Kolkata23:55 → 01:3711:000 min11:0048 min26 Nov
Singapore02:25 → 04:0712:280 min12:2848 min26 Nov
Sydney05:25 → 07:0712:180 min12:1948 min26 Nov
Suva06:25 → 08:0711:290 min11:3048 min26 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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