Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2048

Friday 20 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 300 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 19 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 20 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 17:28 on Thu 19 Nov to 19:20 on Fri 20 Nov.

    2048-11-19T09:27:53Z → 2048-11-20T11:19:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:40–12:28 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 18026 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2048: Friday 20 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2048 falls on Friday 20 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:28 on Thu 19 Nov to 19:20 on Fri 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 Nov
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/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:28 → 03:2011:1448 min11:150 min19 Nov
Chicago03:28 → 05:2011:1248 min11:120 min19 Nov
Jersey City04:28 → 06:2011:1848 min11:180 min19 Nov
Port of Spain05:28 → 07:2011:2848 min11:280 min19 Nov
London09:28 → 11:2011:2248 min11:220 min19 Nov
Durban11:28 → 13:2011:1838 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Dubai13:28 → 15:2011:400 min11:4048 min20 Nov
Delhi14:58 → 16:5011:420 min11:4348 min20 Nov
Kolkata14:58 → 16:5010:580 min10:5848 min20 Nov
Singapore17:28 → 19:2012:260 min12:2648 min20 Nov
Sydney20:28 → 22:2012:170 min12:1748 min20 Nov
Suva21:28 → 23:2011:280 min11:2848 min20 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kartiki-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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