Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2031

Friday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 264 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 28 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 29 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 06:23 on Fri 28 Nov to 07:18 on Sat 29 Nov.

    2031-11-27T22:23:18Z → 2031-11-28T23:18:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 15817 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2031: Friday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2031 falls on Friday 28 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:23 on Fri 28 Nov to 07:18 on Sat 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2031/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:23 → 15:1811:160 min11:1748 min28 Nov
Chicago16:23 → 17:1811:140 min11:1448 min28 Nov
Jersey City17:23 → 18:1811:200 min11:2048 min28 Nov
Port of Spain18:23 → 19:1811:300 min11:3048 min28 Nov
London22:23 → 23:1811:240 min11:2448 min28 Nov
Durban00:23 → 01:1811:200 min11:2048 min28 Nov
Dubai02:23 → 03:1811:420 min11:4248 min28 Nov
Delhi03:53 → 04:4811:440 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata03:53 → 04:4811:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore06:23 → 07:1812:280 min12:2848 min28 Nov
Sydney09:23 → 10:1812:190 min12:1948 min28 Nov
Suva10:23 → 11:1811:300 min11:3048 min28 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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