Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2044

Tuesday 12 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 270 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 11 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 12 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 17:14 on Mon 11 Apr to 17:39 on Tue 12 Apr.

    2044-04-11T09:13:46Z → 2044-04-12T09:39:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 11th, 11:55–12:43 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 48 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 16216 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2044: Tuesday 12 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2044 falls on Tuesday 12 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:14 on Mon 11 Apr to 17:39 on Tue 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:14 → 02:3912:3048 min12:300 min11 Apr
Chicago04:14 → 04:3912:2848 min12:280 min11 Apr
Jersey City05:14 → 05:3912:3448 min12:330 min11 Apr
Port of Spain05:14 → 05:3911:4348 min11:430 min11 Apr
London10:14 → 10:3912:3848 min12:380 min11 Apr
Durban11:14 → 11:3911:3348 min11:327 min12 Apr
Dubai13:14 → 13:3911:560 min11:5648 min12 Apr
Delhi14:44 → 15:0911:580 min11:5848 min12 Apr
Kolkata14:44 → 15:0911:140 min11:1348 min12 Apr
Singapore17:14 → 17:3912:420 min12:4148 min12 Apr
Sydney19:14 → 19:3911:320 min11:3248 min12 Apr
Suva21:14 → 21:3911:430 min11:4348 min12 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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