Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 2012

Saturday 5 May

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 145 minutes.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 5 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:49  13:37 madhyāhna ends
12:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:0114:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 May

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:49  13:37 madhyāhna ends
12:0112:2512:4913:1313:3714:0114:25

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 10:23 on Sat 5 May to 06:35 on Sun 6 May.

    2012-05-05T07:23:27Z → 2012-05-06T03:35:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:49–13:37 on the 5th, 12:49–13:37 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 8711 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Buddha Pūrṇimā, Bucharest, 2012: Saturday 5 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Buddha Pūrṇimā 2012 falls on Saturday 5 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:23 on Sat 5 May to 06:35 on Sun 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2012/buddha-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 May
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/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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:23 → 20:3512:2648 min12:260 min5 May
Chicago02:23 → 22:3512:2448 min12:240 min5 May
Jersey City03:23 → 23:3512:2948 min12:290 min5 May
Port of Spain03:23 → 23:3511:3948 min11:390 min5 May
London08:23 → 04:3512:3448 min12:340 min5 May
Durban09:23 → 05:3511:2848 min11:280 min5 May
Dubai11:23 → 07:3511:5248 min11:520 min5 May
Delhi12:53 → 09:0511:540 min11:540 min6 May
Kolkata12:53 → 09:0511:090 min11:090 min6 May
Singapore15:23 → 11:3512:370 min12:370 min6 May
Sydney17:23 → 13:3511:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Suva19:23 → 15:3511:390 min11:3948 min6 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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