Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2022

Saturday 16 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 419 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 Saturday 16 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 17 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 04:56 on Sat 16 Apr to 02:55 on Sun 17 Apr.

    2022-04-15T20:55:39Z → 2022-04-16T18:55:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 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 25123 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2022: Saturday 16 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2022 falls on Saturday 16 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 04:56 on Sat 16 Apr to 02:55 on Sun 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 Apr
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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:56 → 11:5512:290 min12:290 min16 Apr
Chicago15:56 → 13:5512:270 min12:2748 min16 Apr
Jersey City16:56 → 14:5512:330 min12:3248 min16 Apr
Port of Spain16:56 → 14:5511:420 min11:4248 min16 Apr
London21:56 → 19:5512:370 min12:3748 min16 Apr
Durban22:56 → 20:5511:320 min11:3248 min16 Apr
Dubai00:56 → 22:5511:550 min11:5548 min16 Apr
Delhi02:26 → 00:2511:570 min11:5748 min16 Apr
Kolkata02:26 → 00:2511:130 min11:1348 min16 Apr
Singapore04:56 → 02:5512:410 min12:4048 min16 Apr
Sydney06:56 → 04:5511:310 min11:3148 min16 Apr
Suva08:56 → 06:5511:420 min11:4248 min16 Apr
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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