Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2072

Saturday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 2 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:22:01
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

24 of 48 minutes covered, the last 24

Midday of Sunday 3 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

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 12:22 on Sat 2 Apr to 09:26 on Sun 3 Apr.

    2072-04-02T04:22:01Z → 2072-04-03T01:25:56Z

  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 24 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 1439 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2072: Saturday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2072 falls on Saturday 2 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:22 on Sat 2 Apr to 09:26 on Sun 3 Apr and covers 24 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 Angeles21:22 → 18:2612:3348 min12:320 min2 Apr
Chicago23:22 → 20:2612:3048 min12:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City00:22 → 21:2612:3648 min12:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain00:22 → 21:2611:4648 min11:450 min2 Apr
London05:22 → 02:2612:4048 min12:400 min2 Apr
Durban06:22 → 03:2611:3548 min11:350 min2 Apr
Dubai08:22 → 05:2611:5848 min11:580 min2 Apr
Delhi09:52 → 06:5612:0148 min12:010 min2 Apr
Kolkata09:52 → 06:5611:1648 min11:160 min2 Apr
Singapore12:22 → 09:2612:4448 min12:440 min2 Apr
Sydney15:22 → 11:2612:350 min11:340 min3 Apr
Suva16:22 → 13:2611:460 min11:4548 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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