Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2021

Saturday 27 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 202 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 Friday 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 Saturday 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 18:20 on Fri 26 Feb to 16:17 on Sat 27 Feb.

    2021-02-26T10:20:21Z → 2021-02-27T08:17:20Z

  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 12131 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2021: Saturday 27 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2021 falls on Saturday 27 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:20 on Fri 26 Feb to 16:17 on Sat 27 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 Angeles02:20 → 00:1711:4248 min11:420 min26 Feb
Chicago04:20 → 02:1711:4048 min11:400 min26 Feb
Jersey City05:20 → 03:1711:4548 min11:450 min26 Feb
Port of Spain06:20 → 04:1711:5548 min11:550 min26 Feb
London10:20 → 08:1711:5048 min11:500 min26 Feb
Durban12:20 → 10:1711:4412 min11:440 min26 Feb
Dubai14:20 → 12:1712:080 min12:0810 min27 Feb
Delhi15:50 → 13:4712:100 min12:1048 min27 Feb
Kolkata15:50 → 13:4711:260 min11:2548 min27 Feb
Singapore18:20 → 16:1712:530 min12:5348 min27 Feb
Sydney21:20 → 19:1712:440 min12:4448 min27 Feb
Suva22:20 → 20:1711:550 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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