Thursday 24 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pūrṇimā runs from 11:07 on Wed 23 Feb to 12:54 on Thu 24 Feb.

   2005-02-23T03:06:35Z → 2005-02-24T04:53:44Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 23rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 24th.

   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 23rd and 46 of 48 on the 24th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

   priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 117 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2005: Thursday 24 February.

   confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2005 falls on Thursday 24 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:07 on Wed 23 Feb to 12:54 on Thu 24 Feb and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 1 min 57 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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