Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1916

Friday 18 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 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 Friday 18 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

Midday of Saturday 19 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 09:16 on Fri 18 Feb to 10:28 on Sat 19 Feb.

    1916-02-18T01:15:59Z → 1916-02-19T02:28:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 18th, 12:09–12:57 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 6021 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1916: Friday 18 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1916 falls on Friday 18 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:16 on Fri 18 Feb to 10:28 on Sat 19 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 18 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 18 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:16 → 18:2811:4348 min11:430 min18 Feb
Chicago19:16 → 20:2811:4148 min11:410 min18 Feb
Jersey City20:16 → 21:2811:4748 min11:470 min18 Feb
Port of Spain21:16 → 22:2811:5648 min11:560 min18 Feb
London01:16 → 02:2811:5148 min11:510 min18 Feb
Durban03:16 → 04:2811:4648 min11:460 min18 Feb
Dubai04:57 → 06:0911:5048 min11:500 min18 Feb
Delhi06:46 → 07:5812:1148 min12:110 min18 Feb
Kolkata06:46 → 07:5811:2748 min11:270 min18 Feb
Singapore08:16 → 09:2811:5548 min11:550 min18 Feb
Sydney11:16 → 12:2811:4548 min11:4543 min19 Feb
Suva13:16 → 14:2811:560 min11:5648 min19 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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