Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2068

Friday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 435 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 Thursday 8 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 9 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 22:50 on Thu 8 Nov to 19:41 on Fri 9 Nov.

    2068-11-08T14:50:01Z → 2068-11-09T11:41:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 26107 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2068: Friday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2068 falls on Friday 9 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:50 on Thu 8 Nov to 19:41 on Fri 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:50 → 03:4111:1348 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago08:50 → 05:4111:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City09:50 → 06:4111:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain10:50 → 07:4111:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London14:50 → 11:4111:200 min11:2021 min9 Nov
Durban16:50 → 13:4111:160 min11:1648 min9 Nov
Dubai18:50 → 15:4111:390 min11:3948 min9 Nov
Delhi20:20 → 17:1111:410 min11:4148 min9 Nov
Kolkata20:20 → 17:1110:560 min10:5648 min9 Nov
Singapore22:50 → 19:4112:240 min12:2548 min9 Nov
Sydney01:50 → 22:4112:150 min12:1548 min9 Nov
Suva02:50 → 23:4111:260 min11:2648 min9 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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