Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 1995

Wednesday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 439 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 Tuesday 14 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

Midday of Wednesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 20:28 on Tue 14 Feb to 20:15 on Wed 15 Feb.

    1995-02-14T12:28:10Z → 1995-02-15T12:15:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 14th, 12:09–12:57 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 26326 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 1995: Wednesday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 1995 falls on Wednesday 15 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:28 on Tue 14 Feb to 20:15 on Wed 15 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles04:28 → 04:1511:4348 min11:430 min14 Feb
Chicago06:28 → 06:1511:4148 min11:410 min14 Feb
Jersey City07:28 → 07:1511:4748 min11:470 min14 Feb
Port of Spain08:28 → 08:1511:5648 min11:560 min14 Feb
London12:28 → 12:1511:5111 min11:5124 min15 Feb
Durban14:28 → 14:1511:460 min11:4648 min15 Feb
Dubai16:28 → 16:1512:090 min12:0948 min15 Feb
Delhi17:58 → 17:4512:110 min12:1148 min15 Feb
Kolkata17:58 → 17:4511:270 min11:2748 min15 Feb
Singapore20:28 → 20:1512:550 min12:5548 min15 Feb
Sydney23:28 → 23:1512:450 min12:4548 min15 Feb
Suva00:28 → 00:1511:560 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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