Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1968

Wednesday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 106 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 Tuesday 13 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

Midday of Wednesday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 15:51 on Tue 13 Feb to 14:43 on Wed 14 Feb.

    1968-02-13T07:51:21Z → 1968-02-14T06:42:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 13th, 12:09–12:57 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 6371 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1968: Wednesday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1968 falls on Wednesday 14 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 15:51 on Tue 13 Feb to 14:43 on Wed 14 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:51 → 22:4311:4348 min11:430 min13 Feb
Chicago01:51 → 00:4311:4148 min11:410 min13 Feb
Jersey City02:51 → 01:4311:4748 min11:470 min13 Feb
Port of Spain03:51 → 02:4311:5648 min11:560 min13 Feb
London07:51 → 06:4311:5148 min11:510 min13 Feb
Durban09:51 → 08:4311:4648 min11:460 min13 Feb
Dubai11:51 → 10:4312:0948 min12:090 min13 Feb
Delhi13:21 → 12:1312:120 min12:121 min14 Feb
Kolkata13:21 → 12:1311:270 min11:2746 min14 Feb
Singapore15:21 → 14:1312:250 min12:2548 min14 Feb
Sydney17:51 → 16:4311:450 min11:4548 min14 Feb
Suva19:51 → 18:4311:560 min11:5648 min14 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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