Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 2012

Tuesday 3 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Tuesday 3 July

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

04:58 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:56
Pūrṇimā begins 05:51:37
04:3404:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:10

124 of 178 minutes covered, the last 124

Morning of Wednesday 4 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Not taken.

04:58 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:56
04:3404:5805:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:4608:10

0 of 178 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentThe first three muhūrtas after sunrise, 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

    The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 04:58–07:56 on the 3rd, 04:58–07:56 on the 4th.

    udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 124 of 178 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 178 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 3226 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vyāsa Pūjā, Baoding, 2012: Tuesday 3 July.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vyāsa Pūjā 2012 falls on Tuesday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Tue 3 Jul to 02:52 on Wed 4 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/vyasa-puja · 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/vyasa-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise
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.

PlacePūrṇimāSunrise 2ndCoveredSunrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:52 → 11:5205:460 min05:47172 min3 Jul
Chicago16:52 → 13:5205:200 min05:21182 min3 Jul
Jersey City17:52 → 14:5205:300 min05:30180 min3 Jul
Port of Spain17:52 → 14:5205:480 min05:49153 min3 Jul
London22:52 → 19:5204:490 min04:50198 min3 Jul
Durban23:52 → 20:5206:520 min06:52123 min3 Jul
Dubai01:52 → 22:5205:330 min05:33164 min3 Jul
Delhi03:22 → 00:2205:270 min05:28167 min3 Jul
Kolkata03:22 → 00:2204:560 min04:57162 min3 Jul
Singapore05:52 → 02:5207:030 min07:03146 min3 Jul
Sydney07:52 → 04:5207:010 min07:0169 min3 Jul
Suva09:52 → 06:5206:390 min06:390 min3 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vyasa-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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