Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2043

Friday 24 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 23 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:56:41
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 24 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 12:57 on Thu 23 Apr to 15:23 on Fri 24 Apr.

    2043-04-23T04:56:42Z → 2043-04-24T07:23:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 945 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2043: Friday 24 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2043 falls on Friday 24 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:57 on Thu 23 Apr to 15:23 on Fri 24 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:57 → 00:2312:2848 min12:270 min23 Apr
Chicago23:57 → 02:2312:2548 min12:250 min23 Apr
Jersey City00:57 → 03:2312:3148 min12:310 min23 Apr
Port of Spain00:57 → 03:2311:4148 min11:400 min23 Apr
London05:57 → 08:2312:3548 min12:350 min23 Apr
Durban06:57 → 09:2311:3048 min11:300 min23 Apr
Dubai08:57 → 11:2311:5348 min11:530 min23 Apr
Delhi10:27 → 12:5311:5648 min11:5648 min24 Apr
Kolkata10:27 → 12:5311:1148 min11:1148 min24 Apr
Singapore12:57 → 15:2312:3930 min12:3948 min24 Apr
Sydney14:57 → 17:2311:290 min11:2948 min24 Apr
Suva16:57 → 19:2311:410 min11:4048 min24 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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