Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1959

Monday 23 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 238 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 Sunday 22 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

Midday of Monday 23 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 18:46 on Sun 22 Feb to 16:54 on Mon 23 Feb.

    1959-02-22T10:45:46Z → 1959-02-23T08:53:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 22nd, 12:08–12:56 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 14269 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1959: Monday 23 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1959 falls on Monday 23 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:46 on Sun 22 Feb to 16:54 on Mon 23 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:46 → 00:5411:4348 min11:430 min22 Feb
Chicago04:46 → 02:5411:4148 min11:400 min22 Feb
Jersey City05:46 → 03:5411:4648 min11:460 min22 Feb
Port of Spain06:46 → 04:5411:5648 min11:560 min22 Feb
London10:46 → 08:5411:5148 min11:500 min22 Feb
Durban12:46 → 10:5411:450 min11:450 min23 Feb
Dubai14:46 → 12:5412:090 min12:0845 min23 Feb
Delhi16:16 → 14:2412:110 min12:1148 min23 Feb
Kolkata16:16 → 14:2411:260 min11:2648 min23 Feb
Singapore18:16 → 16:2412:240 min12:2448 min23 Feb
Sydney20:46 → 18:5411:450 min11:4448 min23 Feb
Suva22:46 → 20:5411:560 min11:5648 min23 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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