Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1921

Tuesday 22 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 276 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 21 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 Tuesday 22 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 20:59 on Mon 21 Feb to 17:32 on Tue 22 Feb.

    1921-02-21T12:58:50Z → 1921-02-22T09:31:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 21st, 12:08–12:56 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 16543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1921: Tuesday 22 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1921 falls on Tuesday 22 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:59 on Mon 21 Feb to 17:32 on Tue 22 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1921/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:59 → 01:3211:4348 min11:430 min21 Feb
Chicago06:59 → 03:3211:4148 min11:410 min21 Feb
Jersey City07:59 → 04:3211:4648 min11:460 min21 Feb
Port of Spain08:59 → 05:3211:5648 min11:560 min21 Feb
London12:59 → 09:3211:510 min11:510 min22 Feb
Durban14:59 → 11:3211:450 min11:450 min22 Feb
Dubai16:59 → 13:3212:090 min12:0948 min22 Feb
Delhi18:29 → 15:0212:110 min12:1148 min22 Feb
Kolkata18:29 → 15:0211:270 min11:2648 min22 Feb
Singapore19:59 → 16:3211:540 min11:5448 min22 Feb
Sydney22:59 → 19:3211:450 min11:4548 min22 Feb
Suva00:59 → 21:3211:560 min11:5648 min22 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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