Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1978

Wednesday 22 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 162 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 Wednesday 22 February

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

Midday of Thursday 23 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 08:22 on Wed 22 Feb to 09:26 on Thu 23 Feb.

    1978-02-22T00:22:17Z → 1978-02-23T01:26:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 22nd, 12:08–12:56 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 9694 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1978: Wednesday 22 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1978 falls on Wednesday 22 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:22 on Wed 22 Feb to 09:26 on Thu 23 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:22 → 17:2611:4348 min11:430 min22 Feb
Chicago18:22 → 19:2611:4048 min11:400 min22 Feb
Jersey City19:22 → 20:2611:4648 min11:460 min22 Feb
Port of Spain20:22 → 21:2611:5648 min11:560 min22 Feb
London00:22 → 01:2611:5048 min11:500 min22 Feb
Durban02:22 → 03:2611:4548 min11:450 min22 Feb
Dubai04:22 → 05:2612:0948 min12:080 min22 Feb
Delhi05:52 → 06:5612:1148 min12:110 min22 Feb
Kolkata05:52 → 06:5611:2648 min11:260 min22 Feb
Singapore07:52 → 08:5612:2448 min12:240 min22 Feb
Sydney11:22 → 12:2612:4448 min12:440 min22 Feb
Suva12:22 → 13:2611:5621 min11:5648 min23 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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