Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2053

Friday 2 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 446 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 Friday 2 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 Saturday 3 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 03:28 on Fri 2 May to 04:25 on Sat 3 May.

    2053-05-01T19:28:17Z → 2053-05-02T20:25:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 26767 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2053: Friday 2 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2053 falls on Friday 2 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:28 on Fri 2 May to 04:25 on Sat 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:28 → 13:2512:2646 min12:2648 min2 May
Chicago14:28 → 15:2512:240 min12:2448 min2 May
Jersey City15:28 → 16:2512:300 min12:3048 min2 May
Port of Spain15:28 → 16:2511:390 min11:3948 min2 May
London20:28 → 21:2512:340 min12:3448 min2 May
Durban21:28 → 22:2511:290 min11:2948 min2 May
Dubai23:28 → 00:2511:520 min11:5248 min2 May
Delhi00:58 → 01:5511:540 min11:5448 min2 May
Kolkata00:58 → 01:5511:100 min11:1048 min2 May
Singapore03:28 → 04:2512:380 min12:3848 min2 May
Sydney05:28 → 06:2511:280 min11:2848 min2 May
Suva07:28 → 08:2511:390 min11:3948 min2 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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