Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1927

Wednesday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 568 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 15 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 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 22:24 on Tue 15 Feb to 00:18 on Thu 17 Feb.

    1927-02-15T14:24:26Z → 1927-02-16T16:17:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 34062 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1927: Wednesday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1927 falls on Wednesday 16 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:24 on Tue 15 Feb to 00:18 on Thu 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:24 → 08:1811:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago08:24 → 10:1811:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City09:24 → 11:1811:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain10:24 → 12:1811:5648 min11:5622 min16 Feb
London14:24 → 16:1811:510 min11:5148 min16 Feb
Durban16:24 → 18:1811:460 min11:4648 min16 Feb
Dubai18:24 → 20:1812:090 min12:0948 min16 Feb
Delhi19:54 → 21:4812:120 min12:1248 min16 Feb
Kolkata19:54 → 21:4811:270 min11:2748 min16 Feb
Singapore21:24 → 23:1811:550 min11:5548 min16 Feb
Sydney00:24 → 02:1811:450 min11:4548 min16 Feb
Suva02:24 → 04:1811:560 min11:5648 min16 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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