Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1985

Tuesday 5 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 622 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 Monday 4 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

Midday of Tuesday 5 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 01:37 on Tue 5 Feb to 23:19 on Tue 5 Feb.

    1985-02-04T17:36:41Z → 1985-02-05T15:18:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 4th, 12:08–12:56 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 37341 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1985: Tuesday 5 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1985 falls on Tuesday 5 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:37 on Tue 5 Feb to 23:19 on Tue 5 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1985/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:37 → 07:1911:4348 min11:430 min4 Feb
Chicago11:37 → 09:1911:4148 min11:410 min4 Feb
Jersey City12:37 → 10:1911:470 min11:470 min5 Feb
Port of Spain13:37 → 11:1911:560 min11:560 min5 Feb
London17:37 → 15:1911:510 min11:5148 min5 Feb
Durban19:37 → 17:1911:460 min11:4648 min5 Feb
Dubai21:37 → 19:1912:090 min12:0948 min5 Feb
Delhi23:07 → 20:4912:110 min12:1148 min5 Feb
Kolkata23:07 → 20:4911:270 min11:2748 min5 Feb
Singapore01:37 → 23:1912:550 min12:5548 min5 Feb
Sydney04:37 → 02:1912:450 min12:4548 min5 Feb
Suva05:37 → 03:1911:560 min11:5648 min5 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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