Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2028

Thursday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 193 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 Wednesday 1 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 2 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 15:39 on Wed 1 Nov to 17:17 on Thu 2 Nov.

    2028-11-01T07:38:31Z → 2028-11-02T09:17:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 1st, 11:37–12:25 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 11581 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2028: Thursday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2028 falls on Thursday 2 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:39 on Wed 1 Nov to 17:17 on Thu 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:39 → 02:1712:1248 min12:120 min1 Nov
Chicago02:39 → 04:1712:1048 min12:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City03:39 → 05:1712:1648 min12:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain03:39 → 05:1711:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London07:39 → 09:1711:2048 min11:200 min1 Nov
Durban09:39 → 11:1711:1648 min11:162 min1 Nov
Dubai11:39 → 13:1711:3848 min11:3848 min2 Nov
Delhi13:09 → 14:4711:400 min11:4048 min2 Nov
Kolkata13:09 → 14:4710:560 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore15:39 → 17:1712:240 min12:2448 min2 Nov
Sydney18:39 → 20:1712:150 min12:1548 min2 Nov
Suva19:39 → 21:1711:260 min11:2648 min2 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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