Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2002

Wednesday 27 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 27 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 21:06 on Tue 26 Feb to 17:17 on Wed 27 Feb.

    2002-02-26T13:05:30Z → 2002-02-27T09:16:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 26th, 12:07–12:55 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 15687 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2002: Wednesday 27 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2002 falls on Wednesday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:06 on Tue 26 Feb to 17:17 on Wed 27 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:06 → 01:1711:4248 min11:420 min26 Feb
Chicago07:06 → 03:1711:4048 min11:400 min26 Feb
Jersey City08:06 → 04:1711:4548 min11:450 min26 Feb
Port of Spain09:06 → 05:1711:5548 min11:550 min26 Feb
London13:06 → 09:1711:500 min11:500 min27 Feb
Durban15:06 → 11:1711:450 min11:440 min27 Feb
Dubai17:06 → 13:1712:080 min12:0848 min27 Feb
Delhi18:36 → 14:4712:100 min12:1048 min27 Feb
Kolkata18:36 → 14:4711:260 min11:2548 min27 Feb
Singapore21:06 → 17:1712:540 min12:5348 min27 Feb
Sydney00:06 → 20:1712:440 min12:4448 min27 Feb
Suva01:06 → 21:1711:550 min11:5548 min27 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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