Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2034

Monday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 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 Monday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 01:07 on Mon 3 Apr to 03:19 on Tue 4 Apr.

    2034-04-02T17:06:39Z → 2034-04-03T19:18:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 31118 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2034: Monday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2034 falls on Monday 3 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:07 on Mon 3 Apr to 03:19 on Tue 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:07 → 12:1912:3348 min12:320 min2 Apr
Chicago12:07 → 14:1912:3048 min12:3048 min3 Apr
Jersey City13:07 → 15:1912:3617 min12:3648 min3 Apr
Port of Spain13:07 → 15:1911:460 min11:4548 min3 Apr
London18:07 → 20:1912:410 min12:4048 min3 Apr
Durban19:07 → 21:1911:350 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Dubai21:07 → 23:1911:590 min11:5848 min3 Apr
Delhi22:37 → 00:4912:010 min12:0148 min3 Apr
Kolkata22:37 → 00:4911:160 min11:1648 min3 Apr
Singapore01:07 → 03:1912:440 min12:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney03:07 → 05:1911:350 min11:3448 min3 Apr
Suva05:07 → 07:1911:460 min11:4648 min3 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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