Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 2097

Wednesday 24 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 185 minutes.

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

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 23 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 15:54 on Tue 23 Jul to 17:56 on Wed 24 Jul.

    2097-07-23T07:54:21Z → 2097-07-24T09:56:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 11123 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2097: Wednesday 24 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Guru Pūrṇimā 2097 falls on Wednesday 24 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:54 on Tue 23 Jul to 17:56 on Wed 24 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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/guru-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
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.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:54 → 02:5612:3648 min12:360 min23 Jul
Chicago02:54 → 04:5612:3348 min12:330 min23 Jul
Jersey City03:54 → 05:5612:3948 min12:390 min23 Jul
Port of Spain03:54 → 05:5611:4948 min11:490 min23 Jul
London08:54 → 10:5612:4348 min12:430 min23 Jul
Durban09:54 → 11:5611:3948 min11:3917 min24 Jul
Dubai11:54 → 13:5612:0248 min12:0248 min24 Jul
Delhi13:24 → 15:2612:040 min12:0448 min24 Jul
Kolkata13:24 → 15:2611:190 min11:2048 min24 Jul
Singapore15:54 → 17:5612:480 min12:4848 min24 Jul
Sydney17:54 → 19:5611:380 min11:3848 min24 Jul
Suva19:54 → 21:5611:490 min11:4948 min24 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
guru-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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