Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2059

Wednesday 19 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 523 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 Tuesday 18 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 Wednesday 19 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

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 23:47 on Tue 18 Nov to 21:10 on Wed 19 Nov.

    2059-11-18T15:46:43Z → 2059-11-19T13:09:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 18th, 11:39–12:27 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 31351 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2059: Wednesday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2059 falls on Wednesday 19 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:47 on Tue 18 Nov to 21:10 on Wed 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:47 → 05:1011:1448 min11:140 min18 Nov
Chicago09:47 → 07:1011:1248 min11:120 min18 Nov
Jersey City10:47 → 08:1011:1748 min11:180 min18 Nov
Port of Spain11:47 → 09:1011:2729 min11:270 min18 Nov
London15:47 → 13:1011:210 min11:2248 min19 Nov
Durban17:47 → 15:1011:170 min11:1748 min19 Nov
Dubai19:47 → 17:1011:400 min11:4048 min19 Nov
Delhi21:17 → 18:4011:420 min11:4248 min19 Nov
Kolkata21:17 → 18:4010:580 min10:5848 min19 Nov
Singapore23:47 → 21:1012:260 min12:2648 min19 Nov
Sydney02:47 → 00:1012:170 min12:1748 min19 Nov
Suva03:47 → 01:1011:270 min11:2848 min19 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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