Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1946

Saturday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 15 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 13:18:59
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 12:27:48
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

19 of 48 minutes covered, the first 19

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 13:19 on Fri 15 Feb to 12:28 on Sat 16 Feb.

    1946-02-15T05:19:00Z → 1946-02-16T04:27:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 19 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 1150 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1946: Saturday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1946 falls on Saturday 16 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:19 on Fri 15 Feb to 12:28 on Sat 16 Feb and covers 19 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:19 → 20:2811:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago23:19 → 22:2811:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City00:19 → 23:2811:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain01:19 → 00:2811:5648 min11:560 min15 Feb
London05:19 → 04:2811:5148 min11:510 min15 Feb
Durban07:19 → 06:2811:4648 min11:460 min15 Feb
Dubai09:19 → 08:2812:0948 min12:090 min15 Feb
Delhi10:49 → 09:5812:1248 min12:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata10:49 → 09:5811:2748 min11:270 min15 Feb
Singapore12:49 → 11:5812:2524 min12:250 min15 Feb
Sydney15:19 → 14:2811:450 min11:4548 min16 Feb
Suva17:19 → 16:2811:560 min11:5648 min16 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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