Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 2096

Saturday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 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 Saturday 7 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 Sunday 8 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 00:13 on Sat 7 Apr to 02:20 on Sun 8 Apr.

    2096-04-06T16:12:59Z → 2096-04-07T18:20:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 7th, 11:56–12:44 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 34588 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2096: Saturday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 2096 falls on Saturday 7 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:13 on Sat 7 Apr to 02:20 on Sun 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:13 → 11:2012:3248 min12:310 min6 Apr
Chicago11:13 → 13:2012:2948 min12:2948 min7 Apr
Jersey City12:13 → 14:2012:3548 min12:3548 min7 Apr
Port of Spain12:13 → 14:2011:4520 min11:4448 min7 Apr
London17:13 → 19:2012:390 min12:3948 min7 Apr
Durban18:13 → 20:2011:340 min11:3448 min7 Apr
Dubai20:13 → 22:2011:570 min11:5748 min7 Apr
Delhi21:43 → 23:5012:000 min12:0048 min7 Apr
Kolkata21:43 → 23:5011:150 min11:1548 min7 Apr
Singapore00:13 → 02:2012:430 min12:4348 min7 Apr
Sydney02:13 → 04:2011:330 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva04:13 → 06:2011:450 min11:4448 min7 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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