Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2015

Wednesday 25 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 121 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 25 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 26 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 09:39 on Wed 25 Nov to 06:44 on Thu 26 Nov.

    2015-11-25T01:39:26Z → 2015-11-25T22:44:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 7281 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2015: Wednesday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2015 falls on Wednesday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:39 on Wed 25 Nov to 06:44 on Thu 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:39 → 14:4411:1648 min11:160 min25 Nov
Chicago19:39 → 16:4411:1348 min11:140 min25 Nov
Jersey City20:39 → 17:4411:1948 min11:190 min25 Nov
Port of Spain21:39 → 18:4411:2948 min11:290 min25 Nov
London01:39 → 22:4411:2348 min11:230 min25 Nov
Durban03:39 → 00:4411:1948 min11:190 min25 Nov
Dubai05:39 → 02:4411:4248 min11:420 min25 Nov
Delhi07:09 → 04:1411:4448 min11:440 min25 Nov
Kolkata07:09 → 04:1410:5948 min11:000 min25 Nov
Singapore09:39 → 06:4412:2748 min12:280 min25 Nov
Sydney12:39 → 09:4412:1827 min12:180 min25 Nov
Suva14:39 → 11:4412:290 min12:290 min26 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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