Buddha Pūrṇimā

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 08:43 on Fri 15 May to 07:29 on Sat 16 May.

   1908-05-15T05:45:37Z → 1908-05-16T04:32:13Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:33–12:21 on the 15th, 11:33–12:21 on the 16th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

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

   priority: unstated → only-day · margin 10246 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Buddha Pūrṇimā, Erbil, 1908: Friday 15 May.

   confidence: determinate

In Erbil, Buddha Pūrṇimā 1908 falls on Friday 15 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:43 on Fri 15 May to 07:29 on Sat 16 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

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.