Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vaiśākhī Pūrṇimā) · 2096

Monday 7 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 234 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 Sunday 6 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

Midday of Monday 7 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

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:34 on Sun 6 May to 19:09 on Mon 7 May.

    2096-05-06T08:33:45Z → 2096-05-07T11:08:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 14059 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2096: Monday 7 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Buddha Pūrṇimā (Vesak) 2096 falls on Monday 7 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:34 on Sun 6 May to 19:09 on Mon 7 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:34 → 04:0912:2648 min12:260 min6 May
Chicago03:34 → 06:0912:2448 min12:240 min6 May
Jersey City04:34 → 07:0912:3048 min12:300 min6 May
Port of Spain04:34 → 07:0911:3948 min11:390 min6 May
London09:34 → 12:0912:3448 min12:340 min6 May
Durban10:34 → 13:0911:2948 min11:2948 min6 May
Dubai12:34 → 15:0911:526 min11:5248 min7 May
Delhi14:04 → 16:3911:540 min11:5448 min7 May
Kolkata14:04 → 16:3911:100 min11:1048 min7 May
Singapore16:34 → 19:0912:380 min12:3848 min7 May
Sydney18:34 → 21:0911:280 min11:2848 min7 May
Suva20:34 → 23:0911:390 min11:3948 min7 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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