Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1954

Wednesday 17 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 531 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 Wednesday 17 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

Midday of Thursday 18 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 02:06 on Wed 17 Feb to 03:17 on Thu 18 Feb.

    1954-02-16T18:05:54Z → 1954-02-17T19:17:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 17th, 12:08–12:56 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 31872 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1954: Wednesday 17 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1954 falls on Wednesday 17 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:06 on Wed 17 Feb to 03:17 on Thu 18 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 11:1711:4348 min11:430 min16 Feb
Chicago12:06 → 13:1711:4123 min11:4148 min17 Feb
Jersey City13:06 → 14:1711:470 min11:4748 min17 Feb
Port of Spain14:06 → 15:1711:560 min11:5648 min17 Feb
London18:06 → 19:1711:510 min11:5148 min17 Feb
Durban20:06 → 21:1711:460 min11:4648 min17 Feb
Dubai22:06 → 23:1712:090 min12:0948 min17 Feb
Delhi23:36 → 00:4712:110 min12:1148 min17 Feb
Kolkata23:36 → 00:4711:270 min11:2748 min17 Feb
Singapore01:36 → 02:4712:250 min12:2548 min17 Feb
Sydney04:06 → 05:1711:450 min11:4548 min17 Feb
Suva06:06 → 07:1711:560 min11:5648 min17 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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