Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2025

Wednesday 5 November

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 375 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 4 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 5 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 22:37 on Tue 4 Nov to 18:49 on Wed 5 Nov.

    2025-11-04T17:06:47Z → 2025-11-05T13:19:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 4th, 11:46–12:34 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22497 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Ujjain, 2025: Wednesday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2025 falls on Wednesday 5 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:37 on Tue 4 Nov to 18:49 on Wed 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2025/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/kartiki-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 15 Rasayatra, (nisithavyapini, i.e. covering a period from 24 minutes before to 24 minutes after midnight. If occurs on two days or does not occur on any day, it is to be observed on the second day), Puskar Fair. Ratha yatra (Jain), Tripurotsava (evening), Kedara vrata (Orissa), Kartiki purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:07 → 05:1911:1248 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago11:07 → 07:1911:1048 min11:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City12:07 → 08:1911:160 min11:160 min5 Nov
Port of Spain13:07 → 09:1911:260 min11:260 min5 Nov
London17:07 → 13:1911:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban19:07 → 15:1911:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai21:07 → 17:1911:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi22:37 → 18:4911:400 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata22:37 → 18:4910:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore01:07 → 21:1912:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney04:07 → 00:1912:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva05:07 → 01:1911:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kartiki-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s