Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 2012

Tuesday 3 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 367 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 3 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 05:52 on Tue 3 Jul to 02:52 on Wed 4 Jul.

    2012-07-02T21:51:38Z → 2012-07-03T18:51:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 22000 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2012: Tuesday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 2012 falls on Tuesday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Tue 3 Jul to 02:52 on Wed 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 Jul
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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:52 → 11:5212:330 min12:330 min3 Jul
Chicago16:52 → 13:5212:310 min12:3148 min3 Jul
Jersey City17:52 → 14:5212:360 min12:3748 min3 Jul
Port of Spain17:52 → 14:5211:460 min11:4648 min3 Jul
London22:52 → 19:5212:400 min12:4148 min3 Jul
Durban23:52 → 20:5211:360 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Dubai01:52 → 22:5211:590 min11:5948 min3 Jul
Delhi03:22 → 00:2212:010 min12:0148 min3 Jul
Kolkata03:22 → 00:2211:170 min11:1748 min3 Jul
Singapore05:52 → 02:5212:450 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney07:52 → 04:5211:350 min11:3548 min3 Jul
Suva09:52 → 06:5211:460 min11:4748 min3 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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