Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1972

Sunday 30 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 363 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 Saturday 29 January

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:19 on Sat 29 Jan to 18:58 on Sun 30 Jan.

    1972-01-29T11:18:43Z → 1972-01-30T10:58:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 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 21758 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1972: Sunday 30 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1972 falls on Sunday 30 January. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:19 on Sat 29 Jan to 18:58 on Sun 30 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:19 → 02:5811:4248 min11:420 min29 Jan
Chicago05:19 → 04:5811:4048 min11:400 min29 Jan
Jersey City06:19 → 05:5811:4648 min11:460 min29 Jan
Port of Spain07:19 → 06:5811:5548 min11:550 min29 Jan
London11:19 → 10:5811:5048 min11:500 min29 Jan
Durban13:19 → 12:5811:450 min11:4548 min30 Jan
Dubai15:19 → 14:5812:080 min12:0848 min30 Jan
Delhi16:49 → 16:2812:100 min12:1048 min30 Jan
Kolkata16:49 → 16:2811:260 min11:2648 min30 Jan
Singapore18:49 → 18:2812:240 min12:2448 min30 Jan
Sydney22:19 → 21:5812:440 min12:4448 min30 Jan
Suva23:19 → 22:5811:550 min11:5548 min30 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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