Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2081

Thursday 22 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 359 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 22 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 05:52 on Thu 22 May to 04:27 on Fri 23 May.

    2081-05-21T21:52:05Z → 2081-05-22T20:27:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 22nd, 11:52–12:40 on the 23rd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 21560 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2081: Thursday 22 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2081 falls on Thursday 22 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Thu 22 May to 04:27 on Fri 23 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2081/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 May
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/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:52 → 13:2712:260 min12:2648 min22 May
Chicago16:52 → 15:2712:240 min12:2448 min22 May
Jersey City17:52 → 16:2712:300 min12:3048 min22 May
Port of Spain17:52 → 16:2711:390 min11:3948 min22 May
London22:52 → 21:2712:340 min12:3448 min22 May
Durban23:52 → 22:2711:290 min11:2948 min22 May
Dubai01:52 → 00:2711:520 min11:5248 min22 May
Delhi03:22 → 01:5711:540 min11:5448 min22 May
Kolkata03:22 → 01:5711:100 min11:1048 min22 May
Singapore05:52 → 04:2712:380 min12:3848 min22 May
Sydney07:52 → 06:2711:280 min11:2848 min22 May
Suva09:52 → 08:2711:390 min11:3948 min22 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
buddha-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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