Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2048

Wednesday 27 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 308 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 27 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 28 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 27 May to 02:57 on Thu 28 May.

    2048-05-26T22:43:54Z → 2048-05-27T18:57:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 27th, 11:52–12:40 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 18465 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2048: Wednesday 27 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2048 falls on Wednesday 27 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:44 on Wed 27 May to 02:57 on Thu 28 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:44 → 11:5712:260 min12:270 min27 May
Chicago17:44 → 13:5712:240 min12:2448 min27 May
Jersey City18:44 → 14:5712:300 min12:3048 min27 May
Port of Spain18:44 → 14:5711:390 min11:3948 min27 May
London23:44 → 19:5712:340 min12:3448 min27 May
Durban00:44 → 20:5711:290 min11:2948 min27 May
Dubai02:44 → 22:5711:520 min11:5248 min27 May
Delhi04:14 → 00:2711:540 min11:5548 min27 May
Kolkata04:14 → 00:2711:100 min11:1048 min27 May
Singapore06:44 → 02:5712:380 min12:3848 min27 May
Sydney08:44 → 04:5711:280 min11:2848 min27 May
Suva10:44 → 06:5711:390 min11:4048 min27 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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