Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2009

Monday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 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 Monday 2 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

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 04:23 on Mon 2 Nov to 03:14 on Tue 3 Nov.

    2009-11-01T20:23:04Z → 2009-11-02T19:13:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 2nd, 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 26065 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2009: Monday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2009 falls on Monday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:23 on Mon 2 Nov to 03:14 on Tue 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:23 → 11:1411:120 min11:122 min2 Nov
Chicago14:23 → 13:1411:100 min11:1048 min2 Nov
Jersey City15:23 → 14:1411:160 min11:1648 min2 Nov
Port of Spain16:23 → 15:1411:260 min11:2648 min2 Nov
London20:23 → 19:1411:200 min11:2048 min2 Nov
Durban22:23 → 21:1411:160 min11:1648 min2 Nov
Dubai00:23 → 23:1411:380 min11:3848 min2 Nov
Delhi01:53 → 00:4411:400 min11:4048 min2 Nov
Kolkata01:53 → 00:4410:560 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore04:23 → 03:1412:240 min12:2448 min2 Nov
Sydney07:23 → 06:1412:150 min12:1548 min2 Nov
Suva08:23 → 07:1411:260 min11:2648 min2 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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