Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2025

Saturday 12 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 213 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 12 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 13 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 05:52 on Sat 12 Apr to 08:22 on Sun 13 Apr.

    2025-04-11T21:52:07Z → 2025-04-13T00:22:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 12765 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2025: Saturday 12 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2025 falls on Saturday 12 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Sat 12 Apr to 08:22 on Sun 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2025/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:52 → 17:2212:300 min12:300 min12 Apr
Chicago16:52 → 19:2212:280 min12:270 min12 Apr
Jersey City17:52 → 20:2212:340 min12:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain17:52 → 20:2211:430 min11:430 min12 Apr
London22:52 → 01:2212:380 min12:370 min12 Apr
Durban23:52 → 02:2211:330 min11:320 min12 Apr
Dubai01:52 → 04:2211:560 min11:550 min12 Apr
Delhi03:22 → 05:5211:580 min11:580 min12 Apr
Kolkata03:22 → 05:5211:140 min11:130 min12 Apr
Singapore05:52 → 08:2212:420 min12:410 min12 Apr
Sydney07:52 → 10:2211:320 min11:310 min12 Apr
Suva09:52 → 12:2211:430 min11:4340 min13 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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