Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1949

Sunday 13 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 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 12 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 13 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

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

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 20:37 on Sat 12 Feb to 17:08 on Sun 13 Feb.

    1949-02-12T12:36:43Z → 1949-02-13T09:08:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 12th, 12:09–12:57 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 15090 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1949: Sunday 13 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1949 falls on Sunday 13 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:37 on Sat 12 Feb to 17:08 on Sun 13 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:37 → 01:0811:4448 min11:440 min12 Feb
Chicago06:37 → 03:0811:4148 min11:410 min12 Feb
Jersey City07:37 → 04:0811:4748 min11:470 min12 Feb
Port of Spain08:37 → 05:0811:5648 min11:560 min12 Feb
London12:37 → 09:0811:513 min11:510 min12 Feb
Durban14:37 → 11:0811:460 min11:460 min13 Feb
Dubai16:37 → 13:0812:090 min12:0948 min13 Feb
Delhi18:07 → 14:3812:120 min12:1248 min13 Feb
Kolkata18:07 → 14:3811:270 min11:2748 min13 Feb
Singapore20:07 → 16:3812:250 min12:2548 min13 Feb
Sydney22:37 → 19:0811:450 min11:4548 min13 Feb
Suva00:37 → 21:0811:570 min11:5748 min13 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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