Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1994

Friday 25 February

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 43 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Friday 25 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:04:52
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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 12:05 on Fri 25 Feb to 09:15 on Sat 26 Feb.

    1994-02-25T04:04:52Z → 1994-02-26T01:15:02Z

  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 48 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

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 163 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1994: Friday 25 February.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1994 falls on Friday 25 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:05 on Fri 25 Feb to 09:15 on Sat 26 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 43 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles20:05 → 17:1511:4248 min11:420 min25 Feb
Chicago22:05 → 19:1511:4048 min11:400 min25 Feb
Jersey City23:05 → 20:1511:4648 min11:460 min25 Feb
Port of Spain00:05 → 21:1511:5548 min11:550 min25 Feb
London04:05 → 01:1511:5048 min11:500 min25 Feb
Durban06:05 → 03:1511:4548 min11:450 min25 Feb
Dubai08:05 → 05:1512:0848 min12:080 min25 Feb
Delhi09:35 → 06:4512:1048 min12:100 min25 Feb
Kolkata09:35 → 06:4511:2648 min11:260 min25 Feb
Singapore12:05 → 09:1512:5448 min12:540 min25 Feb
Sydney15:05 → 12:1512:440 min12:440 min26 Feb
Suva16:05 → 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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