Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1909

Friday 5 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 88 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 Thursday 4 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 5 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

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 14:25 on Thu 4 Feb to 16:25 on Fri 5 Feb.

    1909-02-04T06:24:49Z → 1909-02-05T08:24:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 4th, 12:09–12:57 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. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5303 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1909: Friday 5 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1909 falls on Friday 5 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:25 on Thu 4 Feb to 16:25 on Fri 5 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:25 → 00:2511:4348 min11:430 min4 Feb
Chicago00:25 → 02:2511:4148 min11:410 min4 Feb
Jersey City01:25 → 03:2511:4748 min11:470 min4 Feb
Port of Spain02:25 → 04:2511:5648 min11:560 min4 Feb
London06:25 → 08:2511:5148 min11:510 min4 Feb
Durban08:25 → 10:2511:4648 min11:460 min4 Feb
Dubai10:06 → 12:0611:5048 min11:5015 min5 Feb
Delhi11:55 → 13:5512:1148 min12:1148 min5 Feb
Kolkata11:55 → 13:5511:2720 min11:2748 min5 Feb
Singapore13:25 → 15:2511:550 min11:5548 min5 Feb
Sydney16:25 → 18:2511:450 min11:4548 min5 Feb
Suva18:20 → 20:2011:510 min11:5148 min5 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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