Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2024

Saturday 24 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 308 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 23 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 Saturday 24 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 18:04 on Fri 23 Feb to 20:30 on Sat 24 Feb.

    2024-02-23T10:04:12Z → 2024-02-24T12:30:26Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 18500 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2024: Saturday 24 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2024 falls on Saturday 24 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:04 on Fri 23 Feb to 20:30 on Sat 24 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:04 → 04:3011:4348 min11:420 min23 Feb
Chicago04:04 → 06:3011:4048 min11:400 min23 Feb
Jersey City05:04 → 07:3011:4648 min11:460 min23 Feb
Port of Spain06:04 → 08:3011:5648 min11:550 min23 Feb
London10:04 → 12:3011:5048 min11:5040 min24 Feb
Durban12:04 → 14:3011:4529 min11:4548 min24 Feb
Dubai14:04 → 16:3012:080 min12:0848 min24 Feb
Delhi15:34 → 18:0012:110 min12:1148 min24 Feb
Kolkata15:34 → 18:0011:260 min11:2648 min24 Feb
Singapore18:04 → 20:3012:540 min12:5448 min24 Feb
Sydney21:04 → 23:3012:440 min12:4448 min24 Feb
Suva22:04 → 00:3011:560 min11:5548 min24 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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