Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1976

Sunday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 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 15 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

Midday of Monday 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 03:39 on Sun 15 Feb to 00:43 on Mon 16 Feb.

    1976-02-14T19:39:12Z → 1976-02-15T16:43:15Z

  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 30566 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1976: Sunday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1976 falls on Sunday 15 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 03:39 on Sun 15 Feb to 00:43 on Mon 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:39 → 08:4311:4348 min11:430 min14 Feb
Chicago13:39 → 10:4311:410 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City14:39 → 11:4311:470 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain15:39 → 12:4311:560 min11:5647 min15 Feb
London19:39 → 16:4311:510 min11:5148 min15 Feb
Durban21:39 → 18:4311:460 min11:4648 min15 Feb
Dubai23:39 → 20:4312:090 min12:0948 min15 Feb
Delhi01:09 → 22:1312:120 min12:1148 min15 Feb
Kolkata01:09 → 22:1311:270 min11:2748 min15 Feb
Singapore03:09 → 00:1312:250 min12:2548 min15 Feb
Sydney06:39 → 03:4312:450 min12:4548 min15 Feb
Suva07:39 → 04:4311:560 min11:5648 min15 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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