Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2005

Tuesday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 102 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 15 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 16 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 09:57 on Tue 15 Nov to 08:58 on Wed 16 Nov.

    2005-11-15T01:56:54Z → 2005-11-16T00:57:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 15th, 11:39–12:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 6099 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2005: Tuesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2005 falls on Tuesday 15 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:57 on Tue 15 Nov to 08:58 on Wed 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:57 → 16:5811:1448 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago19:57 → 18:5811:1148 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City20:57 → 19:5811:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain21:57 → 20:5811:2748 min11:270 min15 Nov
London01:57 → 00:5811:2148 min11:210 min15 Nov
Durban03:57 → 02:5811:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Dubai05:57 → 04:5811:3948 min11:390 min15 Nov
Delhi07:27 → 06:2811:4248 min11:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata07:27 → 06:2810:5748 min10:570 min15 Nov
Singapore09:57 → 08:5812:2548 min12:250 min15 Nov
Sydney12:57 → 11:5812:167 min12:160 min15 Nov
Suva13:57 → 12:5811:270 min11:2748 min16 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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