Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1924

Wednesday 20 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 671 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 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

Midday of Wednesday 20 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 00:53 on Wed 20 Feb to 00:07 on Thu 21 Feb.

    1924-02-19T16:52:34Z → 1924-02-20T16:07:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 19th, 12:08–12:56 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 40236 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1924: Wednesday 20 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1924 falls on Wednesday 20 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:53 on Wed 20 Feb to 00:07 on Thu 21 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:53 → 08:0711:4348 min11:430 min19 Feb
Chicago10:53 → 10:0711:4148 min11:410 min19 Feb
Jersey City11:53 → 11:0711:4742 min11:470 min19 Feb
Port of Spain12:53 → 12:0711:560 min11:5611 min20 Feb
London16:53 → 16:0711:510 min11:5148 min20 Feb
Durban18:53 → 18:0711:460 min11:4648 min20 Feb
Dubai20:53 → 20:0712:090 min12:0948 min20 Feb
Delhi22:23 → 21:3712:110 min12:1148 min20 Feb
Kolkata22:23 → 21:3711:270 min11:2748 min20 Feb
Singapore23:53 → 23:0711:550 min11:5548 min20 Feb
Sydney02:53 → 02:0711:450 min11:4548 min20 Feb
Suva04:53 → 04:0711:560 min11:5648 min20 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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