Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1948

Tuesday 24 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 422 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 Tuesday 24 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

Midday of Wednesday 25 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Tue 24 Feb to 01:16 on Wed 25 Feb.

    1948-02-23T21:05:36Z → 1948-02-24T17:15:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 24th, 12:08–12:56 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 25341 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1948: Tuesday 24 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1948 falls on Tuesday 24 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:06 on Tue 24 Feb to 01:16 on Wed 25 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:06 → 09:1611:430 min11:430 min24 Feb
Chicago15:06 → 11:1611:400 min11:400 min24 Feb
Jersey City16:06 → 12:1611:460 min11:4630 min24 Feb
Port of Spain17:06 → 13:1611:560 min11:5648 min24 Feb
London21:06 → 17:1611:510 min11:5048 min24 Feb
Durban23:06 → 19:1611:450 min11:4548 min24 Feb
Dubai01:06 → 21:1612:090 min12:0848 min24 Feb
Delhi02:36 → 22:4612:110 min12:1148 min24 Feb
Kolkata02:36 → 22:4611:260 min11:2648 min24 Feb
Singapore04:36 → 00:4612:240 min12:2448 min24 Feb
Sydney07:06 → 03:1611:450 min11:4448 min24 Feb
Suva09:06 → 05:1611:560 min11:5648 min24 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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