Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1936

Friday 7 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 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 Thursday 6 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 Friday 7 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 17:59 on Thu 6 Feb to 19:19 on Fri 7 Feb.

    1936-02-06T09:59:15Z → 1936-02-07T11:18:46Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 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 18163 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1936: Friday 7 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1936 falls on Friday 7 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:59 on Thu 6 Feb to 19:19 on Fri 7 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 Angeles01:59 → 03:1911:4348 min11:430 min6 Feb
Chicago03:59 → 05:1911:4148 min11:410 min6 Feb
Jersey City04:59 → 06:1911:4748 min11:470 min6 Feb
Port of Spain05:59 → 07:1911:5648 min11:560 min6 Feb
London09:59 → 11:1911:5148 min11:510 min6 Feb
Durban11:59 → 13:1911:4635 min11:4648 min7 Feb
Dubai13:59 → 15:1912:090 min12:0948 min7 Feb
Delhi15:29 → 16:4912:110 min12:1148 min7 Feb
Kolkata15:29 → 16:4911:270 min11:2748 min7 Feb
Singapore17:19 → 18:3912:150 min12:1548 min7 Feb
Sydney19:59 → 21:1911:450 min11:4548 min7 Feb
Suva21:59 → 23:1911:560 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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