Midday of Wednesday 15 April
Qualifies with 45 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:35 12:23 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 11:38:46
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Caitrī Pūrṇimā · 1908
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 15 April
Qualifies with 45 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Thursday 16 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
11 of 48 minutes covered, the first 11
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 11:38 on Wed 15 Apr to 11:46 on Thu 16 Apr.
1908-04-15T16:47:22Z → 1908-04-16T16:55:04Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 15th, 11:35–12:23 on the 16th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 11 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 198 s < 300 s
Ruling
Caitrī Pūrṇimā, Lima, 1908: Thursday 16 April.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Caitrī Pūrṇimā 1908 falls on Thursday 16 April. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:38 on Wed 15 Apr to 11:46 on Thu 16 Apr and covers 11 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 45 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/chaitri-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Caitri purnima (paraviddha), Hanumat jayanti, Oli ending (Jain).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:47 → 08:55 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 15 Apr |
| Chicago | 10:47 → 10:55 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 15 Apr |
| Jersey City | 11:47 → 11:55 | 11:33 | 33 min | 11:32 | 23 min | 16 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 12:47 → 12:55 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| London | 16:47 → 16:55 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Durban | 18:47 → 18:55 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Dubai | 20:28 → 20:36 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Delhi | 22:17 → 22:25 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Kolkata | 22:17 → 22:25 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Singapore | 23:47 → 23:55 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Sydney | 02:47 → 02:55 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 16 Apr |
| Suva | 04:42 → 04:50 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 16 Apr |