Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2046

Tuesday 20 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 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 Tuesday 20 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 11:26:41
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 21 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 11:27 on Tue 20 Feb to 07:44 on Wed 21 Feb.

    2046-02-20T03:26:41Z → 2046-02-20T23:44:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 20th, 12:08–12:56 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 2487 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2046: Tuesday 20 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2046 falls on Tuesday 20 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 11:27 on Tue 20 Feb to 07:44 on Wed 21 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:27 → 15:4411:4348 min11:430 min20 Feb
Chicago21:27 → 17:4411:4148 min11:400 min20 Feb
Jersey City22:27 → 18:4411:4648 min11:460 min20 Feb
Port of Spain23:27 → 19:4411:5648 min11:560 min20 Feb
London03:27 → 23:4411:5148 min11:500 min20 Feb
Durban05:27 → 01:4411:4548 min11:450 min20 Feb
Dubai07:27 → 03:4412:0948 min12:090 min20 Feb
Delhi08:57 → 05:1412:1148 min12:110 min20 Feb
Kolkata08:57 → 05:1411:2648 min11:260 min20 Feb
Singapore11:27 → 07:4412:5448 min12:540 min20 Feb
Sydney14:27 → 10:4412:450 min12:440 min21 Feb
Suva15:27 → 11:4411:560 min11:560 min21 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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