Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2068

Saturday 18 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 17 February

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 18 February

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 12:38:55
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 10:12 on Fri 17 Feb to 12:39 on Sat 18 Feb.

    2068-02-17T02:12:25Z → 2068-02-18T04:38:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 17th, 12:08–12:56 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 31 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 1049 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2068: Saturday 18 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2068 falls on Saturday 18 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:12 on Fri 17 Feb to 12:39 on Sat 18 Feb and covers 31 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:12 → 20:3911:4348 min11:430 min17 Feb
Chicago20:12 → 22:3911:4148 min11:410 min17 Feb
Jersey City21:12 → 23:3911:4748 min11:470 min17 Feb
Port of Spain22:12 → 00:3911:5648 min11:560 min17 Feb
London02:12 → 04:3911:5148 min11:510 min17 Feb
Durban04:12 → 06:3911:4648 min11:460 min17 Feb
Dubai06:12 → 08:3912:0948 min12:090 min17 Feb
Delhi07:42 → 10:0912:1148 min12:110 min17 Feb
Kolkata07:42 → 10:0911:2748 min11:270 min17 Feb
Singapore10:12 → 12:3912:5548 min12:550 min17 Feb
Sydney13:12 → 15:3912:4521 min12:4548 min18 Feb
Suva14:12 → 16:3911:560 min11:5648 min18 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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