Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1903

Wednesday 11 February

Determinatein Baoding, 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 Wednesday 11 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:20:04
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

37 of 48 minutes covered, the last 37

Midday of Thursday 12 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 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 12:20 on Wed 11 Feb to 08:58 on Thu 12 Feb.

    1903-02-11T04:20:05Z → 1903-02-12T00:57:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 11th, 12:09–12:57 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 37 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 676 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1903: Wednesday 11 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1903 falls on Wednesday 11 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:20 on Wed 11 Feb to 08:58 on Thu 12 Feb and covers 37 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1903/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/maghi-purnima · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 15 Maghi purnima (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:20 → 16:5811:4448 min11:440 min11 Feb
Chicago22:20 → 18:5811:4148 min11:410 min11 Feb
Jersey City23:20 → 19:5811:4748 min11:470 min11 Feb
Port of Spain00:20 → 20:5811:5748 min11:570 min11 Feb
London04:20 → 00:5811:5148 min11:510 min11 Feb
Durban05:50 → 02:2811:1648 min11:160 min11 Feb
Dubai08:01 → 04:3911:5048 min11:500 min11 Feb
Delhi09:41 → 06:1912:0348 min12:030 min11 Feb
Kolkata09:41 → 06:1911:1848 min11:180 min11 Feb
Singapore11:15 → 07:5311:5048 min11:500 min11 Feb
Sydney14:20 → 10:5811:450 min11:450 min12 Feb
Suva16:15 → 12:5311:520 min11:5248 min12 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
maghi-purnima@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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