Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2013

Sunday 17 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 17 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 22:13 on Sat 16 Nov to 23:16 on Sun 17 Nov.

    2013-11-16T14:12:57Z → 2013-11-17T15:15:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 35175 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2013: Sunday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2013 falls on Sunday 17 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:13 on Sat 16 Nov to 23:16 on Sun 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:13 → 07:1611:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago08:13 → 09:1611:1148 min11:110 min16 Nov
Jersey City09:13 → 10:1611:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain10:13 → 11:1611:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London14:13 → 15:1611:210 min11:2148 min17 Nov
Durban16:13 → 17:1611:170 min11:1748 min17 Nov
Dubai18:13 → 19:1611:390 min11:4048 min17 Nov
Delhi19:43 → 20:4611:420 min11:4248 min17 Nov
Kolkata19:43 → 20:4610:570 min10:5748 min17 Nov
Singapore22:13 → 23:1612:250 min12:2648 min17 Nov
Sydney01:13 → 02:1612:160 min12:1648 min17 Nov
Suva03:13 → 04:1612:270 min12:2748 min17 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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