Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1942

Sunday 1 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 208 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 Saturday 31 January

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:08  13:56 madhyāhna ends
12:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:2014:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:08  13:56 madhyāhna ends
12:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:2014:44

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 17:24 on Sat 31 Jan to 18:12 on Sun 1 Feb.

    1942-01-31T08:23:37Z → 1942-02-01T09:12:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:08–13:56 on the 31st, 13:08–13:56 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 12468 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1942: Sunday 1 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1942 falls on Sunday 1 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:24 on Sat 31 Jan to 18:12 on Sun 1 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:24 → 01:1211:4348 min11:430 min31 Jan
Chicago02:24 → 03:1211:4048 min11:410 min31 Jan
Jersey City03:24 → 04:1211:4648 min11:460 min31 Jan
Port of Spain04:24 → 05:1211:5648 min11:560 min31 Jan
London09:24 → 10:1212:5048 min12:500 min31 Jan
Durban10:24 → 11:1211:4548 min11:450 min31 Jan
Dubai12:24 → 13:1212:0833 min12:0948 min1 Feb
Delhi14:54 → 15:4213:110 min13:1148 min1 Feb
Kolkata14:54 → 15:4212:260 min12:2648 min1 Feb
Singapore15:54 → 16:4212:240 min12:2448 min1 Feb
Sydney19:24 → 20:1212:440 min12:4548 min1 Feb
Suva20:24 → 21:1211:560 min11:5648 min1 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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