Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1920

Wednesday 30 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 75 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 30 June

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 1 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 07:59 on Wed 30 Jun to 10:24 on Thu 1 Jul.

    1920-06-30T06:14:56Z → 1920-07-01T08:40:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 30th, 11:39–12:27 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 4482 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Bucharest, 1920: Wednesday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Guru Pūrṇimā 1920 falls on Wednesday 30 June. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:59 on Wed 30 Jun to 10:24 on Thu 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1920/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:15 → 00:4011:3248 min11:330 min30 Jun
Chicago01:15 → 03:4012:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City02:15 → 04:4012:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain02:15 → 04:4011:4548 min11:460 min30 Jun
London07:15 → 09:4012:4048 min12:400 min30 Jun
Durban08:15 → 10:4011:3548 min11:350 min30 Jun
Dubai10:15 → 12:4011:5848 min11:5842 min1 Jul
Delhi11:45 → 14:1012:0048 min12:0148 min1 Jul
Kolkata11:45 → 14:1011:1619 min11:1648 min1 Jul
Singapore13:15 → 15:4011:440 min11:4448 min1 Jul
Sydney16:15 → 18:4011:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva18:15 → 20:4011:460 min11:4648 min1 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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