Ruling · Kārtikī Pūrṇimā · 2026

Tuesday 24 November

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 466 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 23 November

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 24 November

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 23:43 on Mon 23 Nov to 20:24 on Tue 24 Nov.

    2026-11-23T18:12:56Z → 2026-11-24T14:53:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 23rd, 11:49–12:37 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 27969 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kārtikī Pūrṇimā, Ujjain, 2026: Tuesday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Kārtikī Pūrṇimā 2026 falls on Tuesday 24 November. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:43 on Mon 23 Nov to 20:24 on Tue 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/kartiki-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 Nov
Rashtriya PanchangMonthly list, November 2026Tue 24 Nov

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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:13 → 06:5411:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago12:13 → 08:5411:130 min11:130 min24 Nov
Jersey City13:13 → 09:5411:190 min11:190 min24 Nov
Port of Spain14:13 → 10:5411:280 min11:290 min24 Nov
London18:13 → 14:5411:230 min11:2348 min24 Nov
Durban20:13 → 16:5411:180 min11:1948 min24 Nov
Dubai22:13 → 18:5411:410 min11:4148 min24 Nov
Delhi23:43 → 20:2411:430 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata23:43 → 20:2410:590 min10:5948 min24 Nov
Singapore02:13 → 22:5412:270 min12:2748 min24 Nov
Sydney05:13 → 01:5412:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva06:13 → 02:5411:290 min11:2948 min24 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