Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2044

Wednesday 11 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 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 Wednesday 11 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 12 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 06:44 on Wed 11 May to 08:17 on Thu 12 May.

    2044-05-10T22:44:22Z → 2044-05-12T00:16:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 11th, 11:51–12:39 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 12846 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2044: Wednesday 11 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2044 falls on Wednesday 11 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:44 on Wed 11 May to 08:17 on Thu 12 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:44 → 17:1712:260 min12:260 min11 May
Chicago17:44 → 19:1712:230 min12:230 min11 May
Jersey City18:44 → 20:1712:290 min12:290 min11 May
Port of Spain18:44 → 20:1711:390 min11:390 min11 May
London23:44 → 01:1712:330 min12:330 min11 May
Durban00:44 → 02:1711:280 min11:280 min11 May
Dubai02:44 → 04:1711:510 min11:510 min11 May
Delhi04:14 → 05:4711:540 min11:540 min11 May
Kolkata04:14 → 05:4711:090 min11:090 min11 May
Singapore06:44 → 08:1712:370 min12:370 min11 May
Sydney08:44 → 10:1711:270 min11:270 min11 May
Suva10:44 → 12:1711:390 min11:3938 min11 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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