Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2014

Wednesday 14 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 426 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 Wednesday 14 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 04:45 on Wed 14 May to 03:16 on Thu 15 May.

    2014-05-13T20:44:52Z → 2014-05-14T19:15:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 14th, 11:51–12:39 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 25553 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2014: Wednesday 14 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2014 falls on Wednesday 14 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:45 on Wed 14 May to 03:16 on Thu 15 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:45 → 12:1612:260 min12:260 min14 May
Chicago15:45 → 14:1612:230 min12:2348 min14 May
Jersey City16:45 → 15:1612:290 min12:2948 min14 May
Port of Spain16:45 → 15:1611:380 min11:3848 min14 May
London21:45 → 20:1612:330 min12:3348 min14 May
Durban22:45 → 21:1611:280 min11:2848 min14 May
Dubai00:45 → 23:1611:510 min11:5148 min14 May
Delhi02:15 → 00:4611:540 min11:5448 min14 May
Kolkata02:15 → 00:4611:090 min11:0948 min14 May
Singapore04:45 → 03:1612:370 min12:3748 min14 May
Sydney06:45 → 05:1611:270 min11:2748 min14 May
Suva08:45 → 07:1611:390 min11:3948 min14 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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