Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2088

Monday 5 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 176 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 Monday 5 April

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 6 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 08:22 on Mon 5 Apr to 09:01 on Tue 6 Apr.

    2088-04-05T00:22:06Z → 2088-04-06T01:01:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 5th, 11:57–12:45 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 10552 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2088: Monday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2088 falls on Monday 5 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:22 on Mon 5 Apr to 09:01 on Tue 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/chaitri-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:22 → 18:0112:3248 min12:320 min5 Apr
Chicago19:22 → 20:0112:3048 min12:290 min5 Apr
Jersey City20:22 → 21:0112:3548 min12:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain20:22 → 21:0111:4548 min11:450 min5 Apr
London01:22 → 02:0112:4048 min12:390 min5 Apr
Durban02:22 → 03:0111:3448 min11:340 min5 Apr
Dubai04:22 → 05:0111:5848 min11:570 min5 Apr
Delhi05:52 → 06:3112:0048 min12:000 min5 Apr
Kolkata05:52 → 06:3111:1548 min11:150 min5 Apr
Singapore08:22 → 09:0112:4348 min12:430 min5 Apr
Sydney10:22 → 11:0111:3448 min11:330 min5 Apr
Suva12:22 → 13:0111:4511 min11:4548 min6 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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