Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1917

Tuesday 6 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 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 Tuesday 6 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 Wednesday 7 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 11:28:03
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 08:47 on Tue 6 Feb to 11:28 on Wed 7 Feb.

    1917-02-06T00:47:20Z → 1917-02-07T03:28:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 6th, 12:09–12:57 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 2436 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1917: Tuesday 6 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1917 falls on Tuesday 6 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:47 on Tue 6 Feb to 11:28 on Wed 7 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:47 → 19:2811:4348 min11:430 min6 Feb
Chicago18:47 → 21:2811:4148 min11:410 min6 Feb
Jersey City19:47 → 22:2811:4748 min11:470 min6 Feb
Port of Spain20:47 → 23:2811:5648 min11:560 min6 Feb
London00:47 → 03:2811:5148 min11:510 min6 Feb
Durban02:47 → 05:2811:4648 min11:460 min6 Feb
Dubai04:28 → 07:0911:5048 min11:500 min6 Feb
Delhi06:17 → 08:5812:1148 min12:120 min6 Feb
Kolkata06:17 → 08:5811:2748 min11:270 min6 Feb
Singapore07:47 → 10:2811:5548 min11:550 min6 Feb
Sydney11:47 → 14:2812:4548 min12:4548 min7 Feb
Suva12:47 → 15:2811:560 min11:5648 min7 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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