Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1953

Thursday 29 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 264 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 29 January

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 30 January

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 05:30 on Thu 29 Jan to 07:44 on Fri 30 Jan.

    1953-01-28T21:30:11Z → 1953-01-29T23:44:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 29th, 12:08–12:56 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 15811 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1953: Thursday 29 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1953 falls on Thursday 29 January. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:30 on Thu 29 Jan to 07:44 on Fri 30 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 Jan
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:30 → 15:4411:420 min11:4248 min29 Jan
Chicago15:30 → 17:4411:400 min11:4048 min29 Jan
Jersey City16:30 → 18:4411:460 min11:4648 min29 Jan
Port of Spain17:30 → 19:4411:550 min11:5548 min29 Jan
London21:30 → 23:4411:500 min11:5048 min29 Jan
Durban23:30 → 01:4411:450 min11:4548 min29 Jan
Dubai01:30 → 03:4412:080 min12:0848 min29 Jan
Delhi03:00 → 05:1412:100 min12:1048 min29 Jan
Kolkata03:00 → 05:1411:260 min11:2648 min29 Jan
Singapore05:00 → 07:1412:240 min12:2448 min29 Jan
Sydney07:30 → 09:4411:440 min11:4448 min29 Jan
Suva09:30 → 11:4411:550 min11:5548 min29 Jan
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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