Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2039

Wednesday 30 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 596 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 30 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 22:26 on Tue 29 Nov to 00:50 on Thu 1 Dec.

    2039-11-29T14:26:10Z → 2039-11-30T16:49:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 29th, 11:43–12:31 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 35762 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2039: Wednesday 30 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2039 falls on Wednesday 30 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:26 on Tue 29 Nov to 00:50 on Thu 1 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:26 → 08:5011:1748 min11:180 min29 Nov
Chicago08:26 → 10:5011:1548 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City09:26 → 11:5011:2048 min11:2129 min29 Nov
Port of Spain10:26 → 12:5011:3048 min11:3148 min29 Nov
London14:26 → 16:5011:250 min11:2548 min30 Nov
Durban16:26 → 18:5011:200 min11:2148 min30 Nov
Dubai18:26 → 20:5011:430 min11:4348 min30 Nov
Delhi19:56 → 22:2011:450 min11:4548 min30 Nov
Kolkata19:56 → 22:2011:010 min11:0148 min30 Nov
Singapore22:26 → 00:5012:290 min12:2948 min30 Nov
Sydney01:26 → 03:5012:190 min12:2048 min30 Nov
Suva02:26 → 04:5011:300 min11:3148 min30 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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