Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1937

Thursday 25 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 167 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 Wednesday 24 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 Thursday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 15:49 on Wed 24 Feb to 15:43 on Thu 25 Feb.

    1937-02-24T07:48:45Z → 1937-02-25T07:43:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 24th, 12:08–12:56 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 10047 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1937: Thursday 25 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1937 falls on Thursday 25 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:49 on Wed 24 Feb to 15:43 on Thu 25 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles23:49 → 23:4311:4348 min11:420 min24 Feb
Chicago01:49 → 01:4311:4048 min11:400 min24 Feb
Jersey City02:49 → 02:4311:4648 min11:460 min24 Feb
Port of Spain03:49 → 03:4311:5648 min11:550 min24 Feb
London07:49 → 07:4311:5048 min11:500 min24 Feb
Durban09:49 → 09:4311:4548 min11:450 min24 Feb
Dubai11:49 → 11:4312:0848 min12:080 min24 Feb
Delhi13:19 → 13:1312:110 min12:1148 min25 Feb
Kolkata13:19 → 13:1311:260 min11:2648 min25 Feb
Singapore15:09 → 15:0312:140 min12:1448 min25 Feb
Sydney17:49 → 17:4311:440 min11:4448 min25 Feb
Suva19:49 → 19:4311:560 min11:5548 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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