Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1944

Wednesday 9 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 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 Tuesday 8 February

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:09  13:57 madhyāhna ends
12:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:2114:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 9 February

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

madhyāhna begins 13:09  13:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 14:29:28
12:2112:4513:0913:3313:5714:2114:45

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 11:54 on Tue 8 Feb to 14:29 on Wed 9 Feb.

    1944-02-08T02:54:10Z → 1944-02-09T05:29:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:09–13:57 on the 8th, 13:09–13:57 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 1968 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1944: Wednesday 9 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1944 falls on Wednesday 9 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:54 on Tue 8 Feb to 14:29 on Wed 9 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/1944/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:54 → 22:2912:4348 min12:430 min8 Feb
Chicago21:54 → 00:2912:4148 min12:410 min8 Feb
Jersey City22:54 → 01:2912:4748 min12:470 min8 Feb
Port of Spain23:54 → 02:2912:5648 min12:560 min8 Feb
London03:54 → 06:2912:5148 min12:510 min8 Feb
Durban05:54 → 08:2912:4648 min12:460 min8 Feb
Dubai06:54 → 09:2912:0948 min12:090 min8 Feb
Delhi09:24 → 11:5913:1148 min13:120 min8 Feb
Kolkata09:24 → 11:5912:2748 min12:270 min8 Feb
Singapore11:54 → 14:2913:5548 min13:5535 min9 Feb
Sydney13:54 → 16:2912:450 min12:4548 min9 Feb
Suva14:54 → 17:2911:560 min11:5648 min9 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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