Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2012

Wednesday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 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 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

Midday of Wednesday 28 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

48 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 20:05 on Tue 27 Nov to 22:46 on Wed 28 Nov.

    2012-11-27T12:04:41Z → 2012-11-28T14:45:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 27th, 11:42–12:30 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 27301 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2012: Wednesday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2012 falls on Wednesday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:05 on Tue 27 Nov to 22:46 on Wed 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:05 → 06:4611:1748 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago06:05 → 08:4611:1448 min11:150 min27 Nov
Jersey City07:05 → 09:4611:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain08:05 → 10:4611:3048 min11:300 min27 Nov
London12:05 → 14:4611:247 min11:2448 min28 Nov
Durban14:05 → 16:4611:200 min11:2048 min28 Nov
Dubai16:05 → 18:4611:420 min11:4348 min28 Nov
Delhi17:35 → 20:1611:450 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata17:35 → 20:1611:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore20:05 → 22:4612:280 min12:2948 min28 Nov
Sydney23:05 → 01:4612:190 min12:1948 min28 Nov
Suva01:05 → 03:4612:300 min12:3048 min28 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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