Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 2044

Sunday 10 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 9 July

Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:00:22
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47

Midday of Sunday 10 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

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 12:00 on Sat 9 Jul to 14:22 on Sun 10 Jul.

    2044-07-09T04:00:22Z → 2044-07-10T06:22:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 12:00–12:48 on the 10th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 59 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2044: Sunday 10 July.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 2044 falls on Sunday 10 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:00 on Sat 9 Jul to 14:22 on Sun 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 47 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:00 → 23:2212:3448 min12:340 min9 Jul
Chicago23:00 → 01:2212:3248 min12:320 min9 Jul
Jersey City00:00 → 02:2212:3848 min12:380 min9 Jul
Port of Spain00:00 → 02:2211:4848 min11:480 min9 Jul
London05:00 → 07:2212:4248 min12:420 min9 Jul
Durban06:00 → 08:2211:3748 min11:380 min9 Jul
Dubai08:00 → 10:2212:0048 min12:000 min9 Jul
Delhi09:30 → 11:5212:0248 min12:030 min9 Jul
Kolkata09:30 → 11:5211:1848 min11:1834 min10 Jul
Singapore12:00 → 14:2212:4648 min12:4648 min10 Jul
Sydney14:00 → 16:2211:370 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Suva16:00 → 18:2211:480 min11:4848 min10 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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