Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1984

Thursday 16 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 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 Thursday 16 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:31:51
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

25 of 48 minutes covered, the last 25

Midday of Friday 17 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 12:32 on Thu 16 Feb to 08:41 on Fri 17 Feb.

    1984-02-16T04:31:51Z → 1984-02-17T00:41:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 16th, 12:09–12:57 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 25 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 1395 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1984: Thursday 16 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1984 falls on Thursday 16 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:32 on Thu 16 Feb to 08:41 on Fri 17 Feb and covers 25 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:32 → 16:4111:4348 min11:430 min16 Feb
Chicago22:32 → 18:4111:4148 min11:410 min16 Feb
Jersey City23:32 → 19:4111:4748 min11:470 min16 Feb
Port of Spain00:32 → 20:4111:5648 min11:560 min16 Feb
London04:32 → 00:4111:5148 min11:510 min16 Feb
Durban06:32 → 02:4111:4648 min11:460 min16 Feb
Dubai08:32 → 04:4112:0948 min12:090 min16 Feb
Delhi10:02 → 06:1112:1148 min12:110 min16 Feb
Kolkata10:02 → 06:1111:2748 min11:270 min16 Feb
Singapore12:32 → 08:4112:5548 min12:550 min16 Feb
Sydney15:32 → 11:4112:450 min12:450 min17 Feb
Suva16:32 → 12:4111:560 min11:5645 min17 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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