Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2086

Wednesday 20 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 253 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 Wednesday 20 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 21 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 07:27 on Wed 20 Nov to 04:14 on Thu 21 Nov.

    2086-11-19T23:27:11Z → 2086-11-20T20:13:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 20th, 11:40–12:28 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 15158 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2086: Wednesday 20 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2086 falls on Wednesday 20 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:27 on Wed 20 Nov to 04:14 on Thu 21 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:27 → 12:1411:150 min11:1548 min20 Nov
Chicago17:27 → 14:1411:120 min11:1248 min20 Nov
Jersey City18:27 → 15:1411:180 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Port of Spain19:27 → 16:1411:280 min11:2848 min20 Nov
London23:27 → 20:1411:220 min11:2248 min20 Nov
Durban01:27 → 22:1411:180 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Dubai03:27 → 00:1411:400 min11:4148 min20 Nov
Delhi04:57 → 01:4411:430 min11:4348 min20 Nov
Kolkata04:57 → 01:4410:580 min10:5848 min20 Nov
Singapore07:27 → 04:1412:260 min12:2648 min20 Nov
Sydney10:27 → 07:1412:170 min12:1748 min20 Nov
Suva11:27 → 08:1411:280 min11:2848 min20 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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