Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2000

Saturday 19 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 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 Saturday 19 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 Sunday 20 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 02:56 on Sat 19 Feb to 00:27 on Sun 20 Feb.

    2000-02-18T18:56:07Z → 2000-02-19T16:26:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 19th, 12:08–12:56 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 33134 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2000: Saturday 19 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2000 falls on Saturday 19 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 02:56 on Sat 19 Feb to 00:27 on Sun 20 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:56 → 08:2711:4348 min11:430 min18 Feb
Chicago12:56 → 10:2711:410 min11:410 min19 Feb
Jersey City13:56 → 11:2711:470 min11:460 min19 Feb
Port of Spain14:56 → 12:2711:560 min11:5631 min19 Feb
London18:56 → 16:2711:510 min11:5148 min19 Feb
Durban20:56 → 18:2711:460 min11:4648 min19 Feb
Dubai22:56 → 20:2712:090 min12:0948 min19 Feb
Delhi00:26 → 21:5712:110 min12:1148 min19 Feb
Kolkata00:26 → 21:5711:270 min11:2748 min19 Feb
Singapore02:56 → 00:2712:550 min12:5548 min19 Feb
Sydney05:56 → 03:2712:450 min12:4548 min19 Feb
Suva07:56 → 05:2712:560 min12:5648 min19 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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