Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 2046

Tuesday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 185 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 17 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 18 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 08:29 on Tue 17 Jul to 08:55 on Wed 18 Jul.

    2046-07-17T00:28:37Z → 2046-07-18T00:55:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 17th, 12:00–12:48 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 11111 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2046: Tuesday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 2046 falls on Tuesday 17 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:29 on Tue 17 Jul to 08:55 on Wed 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:29 → 17:5512:3548 min12:350 min17 Jul
Chicago19:29 → 19:5512:3348 min12:330 min17 Jul
Jersey City20:29 → 20:5512:3848 min12:380 min17 Jul
Port of Spain20:29 → 20:5511:4848 min11:480 min17 Jul
London01:29 → 01:5512:4248 min12:420 min17 Jul
Durban02:29 → 02:5511:3848 min11:380 min17 Jul
Dubai04:29 → 04:5512:0148 min12:010 min17 Jul
Delhi05:59 → 06:2512:0348 min12:030 min17 Jul
Kolkata05:59 → 06:2511:1948 min11:190 min17 Jul
Singapore08:29 → 08:5512:4748 min12:470 min17 Jul
Sydney10:29 → 10:5511:3848 min11:380 min17 Jul
Suva12:29 → 12:5511:498 min11:4948 min18 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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