Ruling · Guru Pūrṇimā · 1982

Tuesday 6 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 5 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 6 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 12:31:35
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 10:00 on Mon 5 Jul to 12:32 on Tue 6 Jul.

    1982-07-05T04:59:45Z → 1982-07-06T07:31:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 5th, 11:55–12:43 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 37 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 660 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Guru Pūrṇimā, Multan, 1982: Tuesday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Guru Pūrṇimā 1982 falls on Tuesday 6 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:00 on Mon 5 Jul to 12:32 on Tue 6 Jul and covers 37 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1982/guru-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/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 clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:00 → 00:3212:3348 min12:340 min5 Jul
Chicago00:00 → 02:3212:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City01:00 → 03:3212:3748 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain01:00 → 03:3211:4748 min11:470 min5 Jul
London06:00 → 08:3212:4148 min12:410 min5 Jul
Durban07:00 → 09:3211:3648 min11:370 min5 Jul
Dubai09:00 → 11:3211:5948 min11:590 min5 Jul
Delhi10:30 → 13:0212:0148 min12:0248 min6 Jul
Kolkata10:30 → 13:0211:1748 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore13:00 → 15:3212:4533 min12:4548 min6 Jul
Sydney15:00 → 17:3211:360 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva17:00 → 19:3211:470 min11:4748 min6 Jul
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

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