Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1943

Saturday 20 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 19 February

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:08  13:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:45:36
12:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:2014:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 20 February

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

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 12:46 on Fri 19 Feb to 14:45 on Sat 20 Feb.

    1943-02-19T03:45:36Z → 1943-02-20T05:44:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:08–13:56 on the 19th, 13:08–13:56 on the 20th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1371 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1943: Saturday 20 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1943 falls on Saturday 20 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:46 on Fri 19 Feb to 14:45 on Sat 20 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:46 → 22:4512:4348 min12:430 min19 Feb
Chicago22:46 → 00:4512:4148 min12:410 min19 Feb
Jersey City23:46 → 01:4512:4748 min12:460 min19 Feb
Port of Spain00:46 → 02:4512:5648 min12:560 min19 Feb
London04:46 → 06:4512:5148 min12:510 min19 Feb
Durban06:46 → 08:4512:4648 min12:460 min19 Feb
Dubai07:46 → 09:4512:0948 min12:090 min19 Feb
Delhi10:16 → 12:1513:1148 min13:110 min19 Feb
Kolkata10:16 → 12:1512:2748 min12:270 min19 Feb
Singapore12:46 → 14:4513:5548 min13:5548 min20 Feb
Sydney14:46 → 16:4512:450 min12:4548 min20 Feb
Suva15:46 → 17:4511:560 min11:5648 min20 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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