Morning of Tuesday 19 July
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 184 minutes covered
Ruling · Vyāsa Pūjā · 2016
Boundaryin Daqing, 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 Tuesday 19 July
Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 184 minutes covered
Morning of Wednesday 20 July
Pūrṇimā holds for 169 of 184 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
169 of 184 minutes covered, the first 169
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 07:10 on Tue 19 Jul to 06:57 on Wed 20 Jul.
2016-07-18T23:10:23Z → 2016-07-19T22:56:35Z
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 04:06–07:10 on the 19th, 04:07–07:11 on the 20th.
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 0 of 184 minutes on the 19th and 169 of 184 on the 20th.
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 20 s < 300 s
Ruling
Vyāsa Pūjā, Daqing, 2016: Tuesday 19 July.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Vyāsa Pūjā 2016 falls on Tuesday 19 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:10 on Tue 19 Jul to 06:57 on Wed 20 Jul, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day. It is 0 min 20 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 19 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 19 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 19 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 18th | Covered | Sunrise 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:10 → 15:57 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:56 | 169 min | 19 Jul |
| Chicago | 18:10 → 17:57 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:33 | 178 min | 19 Jul |
| Jersey City | 19:10 → 18:57 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:42 | 176 min | 19 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 19:10 → 18:57 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:53 | 152 min | 19 Jul |
| London | 00:10 → 23:57 | 05:05 | 0 min | 05:07 | 192 min | 19 Jul |
| Durban | 01:10 → 00:57 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:49 | 126 min | 19 Jul |
| Dubai | 03:10 → 02:57 | 05:40 | 0 min | 05:40 | 162 min | 19 Jul |
| Delhi | 04:40 → 04:27 | 05:35 | 0 min | 05:36 | 165 min | 19 Jul |
| Kolkata | 04:40 → 04:27 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:03 | 160 min | 19 Jul |
| Singapore | 07:10 → 06:57 | 07:05 | 0 min | 07:06 | 141 min | 19 Jul |
| Sydney | 09:10 → 08:57 | 06:57 | 0 min | 06:56 | 0 min | 19 Jul |
| Suva | 11:10 → 10:57 | 06:38 | 0 min | 06:38 | 0 min | 20 Jul |