Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1965

Monday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 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 Monday 15 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 11:45:01
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 11:45 on Mon 15 Feb to 08:27 on Tue 16 Feb.

    1965-02-15T03:45:01Z → 1965-02-16T00:26:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 1417 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1965: Monday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1965 falls on Monday 15 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:45 on Mon 15 Feb to 08:27 on Tue 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:45 → 16:2711:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago21:45 → 18:2711:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City22:45 → 19:2711:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain23:45 → 20:2711:5648 min11:560 min15 Feb
London03:45 → 00:2711:5148 min11:510 min15 Feb
Durban05:45 → 02:2711:4648 min11:460 min15 Feb
Dubai07:45 → 04:2712:0948 min12:090 min15 Feb
Delhi09:15 → 05:5712:1148 min12:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata09:15 → 05:5711:2748 min11:270 min15 Feb
Singapore11:15 → 07:5712:2548 min12:250 min15 Feb
Sydney13:45 → 10:2711:450 min11:450 min16 Feb
Suva15:45 → 12:2711:560 min11:5630 min16 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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