Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2085

Wednesday 9 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 654 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 Wednesday 9 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 Thursday 10 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 00:57 on Wed 9 May to 00:05 on Thu 10 May.

    2085-05-08T16:57:11Z → 2085-05-09T16:05:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 9th, 11:51–12:39 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 39240 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2085: Wednesday 9 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2085 falls on Wednesday 9 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:57 on Wed 9 May to 00:05 on Thu 10 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2085/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:57 → 09:0512:2648 min12:260 min8 May
Chicago11:57 → 11:0512:2448 min12:240 min8 May
Jersey City12:57 → 12:0512:2920 min12:290 min8 May
Port of Spain12:57 → 12:0511:390 min11:3927 min9 May
London17:57 → 17:0512:340 min12:3448 min9 May
Durban18:57 → 18:0511:290 min11:2848 min9 May
Dubai20:57 → 20:0511:520 min11:5248 min9 May
Delhi22:27 → 21:3511:540 min11:5448 min9 May
Kolkata22:27 → 21:3511:090 min11:0948 min9 May
Singapore00:57 → 00:0512:370 min12:3748 min9 May
Sydney02:57 → 02:0511:280 min11:2848 min9 May
Suva04:57 → 04:0511:390 min11:3948 min9 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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