Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 2055

Thursday 8 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Thursday 8 July

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

05:01 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:58
Pūrṇimā begins 06:34:30
04:3705:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:4908:13

83 of 177 minutes covered, the last 83

Morning of Friday 9 July

Pūrṇimā holds for 71 of 177 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

05:01 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:58
Pūrṇimā ends 06:11:55
04:3705:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:2507:4908:13

71 of 177 minutes covered, the first 71

Pūrṇimā presentThe first three muhūrtas after sunrise, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 06:35 on Thu 8 Jul to 06:12 on Fri 9 Jul.

    2055-07-07T22:34:31Z → 2055-07-08T22:11:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:01–07:58 on the 8th, 05:01–07:58 on the 9th.

    udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 83 of 177 minutes on the 8th and 71 of 177 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 4238 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vyāsa Pūjā, Baoding, 2055: Thursday 8 July.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vyāsa Pūjā 2055 falls on Thursday 8 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:35 on Thu 8 Jul to 06:12 on Fri 9 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2055/vyasa-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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/vyasa-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise
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.

PlacePūrṇimāSunrise 7thCoveredSunrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:35 → 15:1205:490 min05:49172 min8 Jul
Chicago17:35 → 17:1205:230 min05:24181 min8 Jul
Jersey City18:35 → 18:1205:330 min05:33179 min8 Jul
Port of Spain18:35 → 18:1205:500 min05:50153 min8 Jul
London23:35 → 23:1204:530 min04:54197 min8 Jul
Durban00:35 → 00:1206:520 min06:52124 min8 Jul
Dubai02:35 → 02:1205:350 min05:35163 min8 Jul
Delhi04:05 → 03:4205:300 min05:30166 min8 Jul
Kolkata04:05 → 03:4204:580 min04:58161 min8 Jul
Singapore06:35 → 06:1207:040 min07:04146 min8 Jul
Sydney08:35 → 08:1207:010 min07:0126 min8 Jul
Suva10:35 → 10:1206:390 min06:390 min9 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vyasa-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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