Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1950

Thursday 2 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 275 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 Thursday 2 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 Friday 3 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 07:33 on Thu 2 Feb to 06:16 on Fri 3 Feb.

    1950-02-01T23:32:55Z → 1950-02-02T22:16:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 2nd, 12:08–12:56 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 16511 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1950: Thursday 2 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1950 falls on Thursday 2 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:33 on Thu 2 Feb to 06:16 on Fri 3 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:33 → 14:1611:430 min11:4348 min2 Feb
Chicago17:33 → 16:1611:410 min11:4148 min2 Feb
Jersey City18:33 → 17:1611:460 min11:4648 min2 Feb
Port of Spain19:33 → 18:1611:560 min11:5648 min2 Feb
London23:33 → 22:1611:500 min11:5148 min2 Feb
Durban01:33 → 00:1611:450 min11:4548 min2 Feb
Dubai03:33 → 02:1612:090 min12:0948 min2 Feb
Delhi05:03 → 03:4612:110 min12:1148 min2 Feb
Kolkata05:03 → 03:4611:260 min11:2648 min2 Feb
Singapore07:03 → 05:4612:240 min12:2448 min2 Feb
Sydney09:33 → 08:1611:450 min11:4548 min2 Feb
Suva11:33 → 10:1611:560 min11:5648 min2 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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