Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2053

Thursday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 97 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 2 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 14:43 on Wed 2 Apr to 14:23 on Thu 3 Apr.

    2053-04-02T06:42:51Z → 2053-04-03T06:22:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5828 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2053: Thursday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2053 falls on Thursday 3 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:43 on Wed 2 Apr to 14:23 on Thu 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 Apr
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/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:43 → 23:2312:3348 min12:320 min2 Apr
Chicago01:43 → 01:2312:3048 min12:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City02:43 → 02:2312:3648 min12:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain02:43 → 02:2311:4648 min11:450 min2 Apr
London07:43 → 07:2312:4148 min12:400 min2 Apr
Durban08:43 → 08:2311:3548 min11:350 min2 Apr
Dubai10:43 → 10:2311:5848 min11:580 min2 Apr
Delhi12:13 → 11:5312:0136 min12:010 min2 Apr
Kolkata12:13 → 11:5311:160 min11:1637 min3 Apr
Singapore14:43 → 14:2312:440 min12:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney17:43 → 17:2312:350 min12:3448 min3 Apr
Suva18:43 → 18:2311:460 min11:4648 min3 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chaitri-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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