Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1918

Monday 25 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 393 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 Monday 25 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 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

Pūrṇimā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 03:18 on Mon 25 Feb to 05:34 on Tue 26 Feb.

    1918-02-24T19:17:40Z → 1918-02-25T21:34:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 25th, 12:08–12:56 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 23602 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1918: Monday 25 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1918 falls on Monday 25 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:18 on Mon 25 Feb to 05:34 on Tue 26 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:18 → 13:3411:4348 min11:4248 min25 Feb
Chicago13:18 → 15:3411:400 min11:4048 min25 Feb
Jersey City14:18 → 16:3411:460 min11:4648 min25 Feb
Port of Spain15:18 → 17:3411:560 min11:5548 min25 Feb
London19:18 → 21:3411:500 min11:5048 min25 Feb
Durban21:18 → 23:3411:450 min11:4548 min25 Feb
Dubai22:59 → 01:1511:490 min11:4948 min25 Feb
Delhi00:48 → 03:0412:110 min12:1148 min25 Feb
Kolkata00:48 → 03:0411:260 min11:2648 min25 Feb
Singapore02:18 → 04:3411:540 min11:5448 min25 Feb
Sydney05:18 → 07:3411:440 min11:4448 min25 Feb
Suva07:18 → 09:3411:560 min11:5648 min25 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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