Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 2088

Saturday 3 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Saturday 3 July

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.

04:59 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:56
Pūrṇimā begins 05:06:02
04:3504:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

170 of 178 minutes covered, the last 170

Morning of Sunday 4 July

Pūrṇimā holds for 145 of 178 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.

04:59 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 07:57
Pūrṇimā ends 07:23:44
04:3504:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:2307:4708:11

145 of 178 minutes covered, the first 145

Pūrṇimā presentThe first three muhūrtas after sunrise, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Sat 3 Jul to 07:24 on Sun 4 Jul.

    2088-07-02T21:06:02Z → 2088-07-03T23:23:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 04:59–07:56 on the 3rd, 04:59–07:57 on the 4th.

    udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 170 of 178 minutes on the 3rd and 145 of 178 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 441 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vyāsa Pūjā, Baoding, 2088: Saturday 3 July.

    confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vyāsa Pūjā 2088 falls on Saturday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Sat 3 Jul to 07:24 on Sun 4 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/vyasa-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Jul
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/vyasa-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSunrise 2ndCoveredSunrise 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:06 → 16:2405:470 min05:47172 min3 Jul
Chicago16:06 → 18:2405:210 min05:22181 min3 Jul
Jersey City17:06 → 19:2405:310 min05:31180 min3 Jul
Port of Spain17:06 → 19:2405:490 min05:49153 min3 Jul
London22:06 → 00:2404:500 min04:51198 min3 Jul
Durban23:06 → 01:2406:530 min06:53123 min3 Jul
Dubai01:06 → 03:2405:340 min05:34164 min3 Jul
Delhi02:36 → 04:5405:280 min05:29167 min3 Jul
Kolkata02:36 → 04:5404:570 min04:57162 min3 Jul
Singapore05:06 → 07:2407:040 min07:04146 min3 Jul
Sydney07:06 → 09:2407:020 min07:02115 min4 Jul
Suva09:06 → 11:2406:390 min06:390 min4 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vyasa-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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