Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2004

Friday 6 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 195 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 Thursday 5 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

Midday of Friday 6 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:12 on Thu 5 Feb to 16:47 on Fri 6 Feb.

    2004-02-05T08:11:40Z → 2004-02-06T08:46:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 5th, 12:08–12:56 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 11721 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2004: Friday 6 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2004 falls on Friday 6 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:12 on Thu 5 Feb to 16:47 on Fri 6 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:12 → 00:4711:4348 min11:430 min5 Feb
Chicago02:12 → 02:4711:4148 min11:410 min5 Feb
Jersey City03:12 → 03:4711:4748 min11:470 min5 Feb
Port of Spain04:12 → 04:4711:5648 min11:560 min5 Feb
London08:12 → 08:4711:5148 min11:510 min5 Feb
Durban10:12 → 10:4711:4648 min11:460 min5 Feb
Dubai12:12 → 12:4712:0945 min12:0938 min6 Feb
Delhi13:42 → 14:1712:110 min12:1148 min6 Feb
Kolkata13:42 → 14:1711:270 min11:2748 min6 Feb
Singapore16:12 → 16:4712:550 min12:5548 min6 Feb
Sydney19:12 → 19:4712:450 min12:4548 min6 Feb
Suva20:12 → 20:4711:560 min11:5648 min6 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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