Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2001

Thursday 8 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 135 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 Wednesday 7 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 Thursday 8 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 18:59 on Wed 7 Feb to 15:12 on Thu 8 Feb.

    2001-02-07T10:58:56Z → 2001-02-08T07:11:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 7th, 12:09–12:57 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 8106 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2001: Thursday 8 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2001 falls on Thursday 8 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:59 on Wed 7 Feb to 15:12 on Thu 8 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:59 → 23:1211:4348 min11:430 min7 Feb
Chicago04:59 → 01:1211:4148 min11:410 min7 Feb
Jersey City05:59 → 02:1211:4748 min11:470 min7 Feb
Port of Spain06:59 → 03:1211:5648 min11:560 min7 Feb
London10:59 → 07:1211:5148 min11:510 min7 Feb
Durban12:59 → 09:1211:460 min11:460 min8 Feb
Dubai14:59 → 11:1212:090 min12:090 min8 Feb
Delhi16:29 → 12:4212:110 min12:1130 min8 Feb
Kolkata16:29 → 12:4211:270 min11:2748 min8 Feb
Singapore18:59 → 15:1212:550 min12:5548 min8 Feb
Sydney21:59 → 18:1212:450 min12:4548 min8 Feb
Suva22:59 → 19:1211:560 min11:5648 min8 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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