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Ruling · 2021 · Doha

Guru Pūrṇimā

Friday 23 July2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 182 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 182 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 23 July

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 08:14 on Fri 23 Jul to 05:37 on Sat 24 Jul.

    2021-07-23T05:13:49Z → 2021-07-24T02:36:55Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:16–12:04 on the 23rd, 11:16–12:04 on the 24th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 10947 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Doha, 2021: Friday 23 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Guru Pūrṇimā 2021 falls on Friday 23 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:14 on Fri 23 Jul to 05:37 on Sat 24 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2021/guru-purnimapac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:14 → 19:3712:3548 min12:350 min23 Jul
Chicago00:14 → 21:3712:3348 min12:330 min23 Jul
Jersey City01:14 → 22:3712:3948 min12:390 min23 Jul
Port of Spain01:14 → 22:3711:4948 min11:490 min23 Jul
London06:14 → 03:3712:4348 min12:430 min23 Jul
Durban07:14 → 04:3711:3948 min11:390 min23 Jul
Dubai09:14 → 06:3712:0148 min12:010 min23 Jul
Delhi10:44 → 08:0712:0348 min12:030 min23 Jul
Kolkata10:44 → 08:0711:1948 min11:190 min23 Jul
Singapore13:14 → 10:3712:4721 min12:470 min23 Jul
Sydney15:14 → 12:3711:380 min11:3848 min24 Jul
Suva17:14 → 14:3711:490 min11:4948 min24 Jul
This ruling as JSON · ICS
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