Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2018

Saturday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 470 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 Friday 30 March

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 31 March

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 22:05 on Fri 30 Mar to 20:37 on Sat 31 Mar.

    2018-03-30T14:05:07Z → 2018-03-31T12:36:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28206 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2018: Saturday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2018 falls on Saturday 31 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:05 on Fri 30 Mar to 20:37 on Sat 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 Mar
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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:05 → 05:3712:3448 min12:330 min30 Mar
Chicago09:05 → 07:3712:3148 min12:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City10:05 → 08:3712:3748 min12:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain10:05 → 08:3711:4748 min11:460 min30 Mar
London15:05 → 13:3712:410 min12:4148 min31 Mar
Durban16:05 → 14:3711:360 min11:3648 min31 Mar
Dubai18:05 → 16:3711:590 min11:5948 min31 Mar
Delhi19:35 → 18:0712:020 min12:0248 min31 Mar
Kolkata19:35 → 18:0711:170 min11:1748 min31 Mar
Singapore22:05 → 20:3712:450 min12:4548 min31 Mar
Sydney01:05 → 23:3712:360 min12:3548 min31 Mar
Suva02:05 → 00:3711:470 min11:4648 min31 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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