Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 2019

Tuesday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 382 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 16 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 04:18 on Tue 16 Jul to 05:38 on Wed 17 Jul.

    2019-07-15T20:18:27Z → 2019-07-16T21:38:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 16th, 12:00–12:48 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 22912 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2019: Tuesday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 2019 falls on Tuesday 16 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:18 on Tue 16 Jul to 05:38 on Wed 17 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
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.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:18 → 14:3812:354 min12:3548 min16 Jul
Chicago15:18 → 16:3812:320 min12:3248 min16 Jul
Jersey City16:18 → 17:3812:380 min12:3848 min16 Jul
Port of Spain16:18 → 17:3811:480 min11:4848 min16 Jul
London21:18 → 22:3812:420 min12:4248 min16 Jul
Durban22:18 → 23:3811:380 min11:3848 min16 Jul
Dubai00:18 → 01:3812:010 min12:0148 min16 Jul
Delhi01:48 → 03:0812:030 min12:0348 min16 Jul
Kolkata01:48 → 03:0811:180 min11:1948 min16 Jul
Singapore04:18 → 05:3812:470 min12:4748 min16 Jul
Sydney06:18 → 07:3811:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva08:18 → 09:3811:480 min11:4848 min16 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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