Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1939

Saturday 4 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 178 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 Friday 3 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 Saturday 4 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 19:51 on Fri 3 Feb to 15:55 on Sat 4 Feb.

    1939-02-03T11:51:10Z → 1939-02-04T07:54:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 3rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 10699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1939: Saturday 4 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1939 falls on Saturday 4 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:51 on Fri 3 Feb to 15:55 on Sat 4 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:51 → 23:5511:4348 min11:430 min3 Feb
Chicago05:51 → 01:5511:4148 min11:410 min3 Feb
Jersey City06:51 → 02:5511:4648 min11:470 min3 Feb
Port of Spain07:51 → 03:5511:5648 min11:560 min3 Feb
London11:51 → 07:5511:5148 min11:510 min3 Feb
Durban13:51 → 09:5511:460 min11:460 min4 Feb
Dubai15:51 → 11:5512:090 min12:090 min4 Feb
Delhi17:21 → 13:2512:110 min12:1148 min4 Feb
Kolkata17:21 → 13:2511:270 min11:2748 min4 Feb
Singapore19:11 → 15:1512:140 min12:1548 min4 Feb
Sydney21:51 → 17:5511:450 min11:4548 min4 Feb
Suva23:51 → 19:5511:560 min11:5648 min4 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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