Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1975

Wednesday 26 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 25 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 13:11:51
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 26 February

Taken. Pūrṇimā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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

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 13:12 on Tue 25 Feb to 09:15 on Wed 26 Feb.

    1975-02-25T05:11:52Z → 1975-02-26T01:14:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 972 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1975: Wednesday 26 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1975 falls on Wednesday 26 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:12 on Tue 25 Feb to 09:15 on Wed 26 Feb, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:12 → 18:1512:4248 min12:420 min25 Feb
Chicago00:12 → 20:1512:4048 min12:400 min25 Feb
Jersey City01:12 → 21:1512:4648 min12:460 min25 Feb
Port of Spain01:12 → 21:1511:5548 min11:550 min25 Feb
London05:12 → 01:1511:5048 min11:500 min25 Feb
Durban07:12 → 03:1511:4548 min11:450 min25 Feb
Dubai09:12 → 05:1512:0848 min12:080 min25 Feb
Delhi10:42 → 06:4512:1048 min12:100 min25 Feb
Kolkata10:42 → 06:4511:2648 min11:260 min25 Feb
Singapore12:42 → 08:4512:2430 min12:240 min25 Feb
Sydney16:12 → 12:1512:440 min12:440 min26 Feb
Suva17:12 → 13:1511:550 min11:5548 min26 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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