Morning of Thursday 16 July
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
05:46 sunrisethree muhūrtas on 08:48
Pūrṇimā begins 06:45:32
05:2206:1006:5807:4608:3409:22
123 of 182 minutes covered, the last 123
Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 1981
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Pūrṇimā reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Thursday 16 July
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
123 of 182 minutes covered, the last 123
Morning of Friday 17 July
Pūrṇimā holds for 112 of 182 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
112 of 182 minutes covered, the first 112
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:46 on Thu 16 Jul to 07:39 on Fri 17 Jul.
1981-07-16T03:45:33Z → 1981-07-17T04:38:49Z
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 05:46–08:48 on the 16th, 05:47–08:49 on the 17th.
udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 123 of 182 minutes on the 16th and 112 of 182 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 3571 s
Ruling
Vyāsa Pūjā, Bucharest, 1981: Thursday 16 July.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Bucharest, Vyāsa Pūjā 1981 falls on Thursday 16 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:46 on Thu 16 Jul to 07:39 on Fri 17 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vyasa-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sunrise 16th | Covered | Sunrise 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:46 → 21:39 | 05:54 | 170 min | 05:54 | 0 min | 16 Jul |
| Chicago | 22:46 → 23:39 | 05:30 | 179 min | 05:31 | 0 min | 16 Jul |
| Jersey City | 23:46 → 00:39 | 05:39 | 177 min | 05:40 | 0 min | 16 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 23:46 → 00:39 | 05:52 | 152 min | 05:52 | 0 min | 16 Jul |
| London | 04:46 → 05:39 | 05:02 | 194 min | 05:03 | 35 min | 16 Jul |
| Durban | 05:46 → 06:39 | 06:50 | 125 min | 06:49 | 0 min | 16 Jul |
| Dubai | 07:46 → 08:39 | 05:39 | 35 min | 05:39 | 162 min | 17 Jul |
| Delhi | 09:16 → 10:09 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:34 | 165 min | 17 Jul |
| Kolkata | 09:16 → 10:09 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:02 | 160 min | 17 Jul |
| Singapore | 11:16 → 12:09 | 06:35 | 0 min | 06:35 | 146 min | 17 Jul |
| Sydney | 13:46 → 14:39 | 06:58 | 0 min | 06:58 | 121 min | 17 Jul |
| Suva | 15:46 → 16:39 | 06:38 | 0 min | 06:38 | 134 min | 17 Jul |