Midday of Sunday 3 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:13 12:01 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 10:29:23
10:2510:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:49
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Buddha Pūrṇimā · 2015
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 3 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 4 May
Qualifies with 29 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
29 of 48 minutes covered, the first 29
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 10:29 on Sun 3 May to 11:42 on Mon 4 May.
2015-05-03T02:29:23Z → 2015-05-04T03:42:05Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:13–12:01 on the 3rd, 11:13–12:01 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 29 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1151 s
Ruling
Buddha Pūrṇimā, Daqing, 2015: Sunday 3 May.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Buddha Pūrṇimā 2015 falls on Sunday 3 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:29 on Sun 3 May to 11:42 on Mon 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 29 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 3 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 3 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 3 May |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/buddha-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:29 → 20:42 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Chicago | 21:29 → 22:42 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Jersey City | 22:29 → 23:42 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Port of Spain | 22:29 → 23:42 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 3 May |
| London | 03:29 → 04:42 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Durban | 04:29 → 05:42 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Dubai | 06:29 → 07:42 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Delhi | 07:59 → 09:12 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Kolkata | 07:59 → 09:12 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Singapore | 10:29 → 11:42 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 3 May |
| Sydney | 12:29 → 13:42 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Suva | 14:29 → 15:42 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 4 May |