Midday of Sunday 25 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:41 12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2091
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 25 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 26 November
Qualifies with 3 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 09:25 on Sun 25 Nov to 11:45 on Mon 26 Nov.
2091-11-25T01:24:35Z → 2091-11-26T03:44:43Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 3 of 48 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 196 s < 300 s
Ruling
Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2091: Sunday 25 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2091 falls on Sunday 25 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:25 on Sun 25 Nov to 11:45 on Mon 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 3 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 3 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 25 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 25 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 25 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:25 → 19:45 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:25 → 21:45 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:25 → 22:45 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:25 → 23:45 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| London | 01:25 → 03:45 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Durban | 03:25 → 05:45 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:25 → 07:45 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:55 → 09:15 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:55 → 09:15 | 11:00 | 48 min | 11:00 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:25 → 11:45 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 25 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:25 → 14:45 | 12:18 | 42 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 26 Nov |
| Suva | 13:25 → 15:45 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 26 Nov |