Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 2038

Friday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 420 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 15 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 16 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 21:18 on Thu 15 Jul to 19:48 on Fri 16 Jul.

    2038-07-15T13:17:49Z → 2038-07-16T11:48:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 15th, 12:00–12:48 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 25213 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2038: Friday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 2038 falls on Friday 16 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:18 on Thu 15 Jul to 19:48 on Fri 16 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 Jul
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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” 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 Angeles06:18 → 04:4812:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago08:18 → 06:4812:3248 min12:330 min15 Jul
Jersey City09:18 → 07:4812:3848 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain09:18 → 07:4811:4848 min11:480 min15 Jul
London14:18 → 12:4812:420 min12:426 min16 Jul
Durban15:18 → 13:4811:380 min11:3848 min16 Jul
Dubai17:18 → 15:4812:010 min12:0148 min16 Jul
Delhi18:48 → 17:1812:030 min12:0348 min16 Jul
Kolkata18:48 → 17:1811:190 min11:1948 min16 Jul
Singapore21:18 → 19:4812:470 min12:4748 min16 Jul
Sydney23:18 → 21:4811:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva01:18 → 23:4811:480 min11:4848 min16 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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