Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2069

Wednesday 6 February

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 24 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 5 February

Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā begins 12:54:01
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2

Midday of Wednesday 6 February

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

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 13:30:00
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 12:54 on Tue 5 Feb to 13:30 on Wed 6 Feb.

    2069-02-05T04:54:02Z → 2069-02-06T05:30:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 5th, 12:08–12:56 on the 6th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 144 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2069: Wednesday 6 February.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2069 falls on Wednesday 6 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 12:54 on Tue 5 Feb to 13:30 on Wed 6 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 2 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 2 min 24 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:54 → 21:3011:4348 min11:430 min5 Feb
Chicago22:54 → 23:3011:4148 min11:410 min5 Feb
Jersey City23:54 → 00:3011:4748 min11:470 min5 Feb
Port of Spain00:54 → 01:3011:5648 min11:560 min5 Feb
London04:54 → 05:3011:5148 min11:510 min5 Feb
Durban06:54 → 07:3011:4648 min11:460 min5 Feb
Dubai08:54 → 09:3012:0948 min12:090 min5 Feb
Delhi10:24 → 11:0012:1148 min12:110 min5 Feb
Kolkata10:24 → 11:0011:2748 min11:270 min5 Feb
Singapore12:54 → 13:3012:5548 min12:5535 min6 Feb
Sydney15:54 → 16:3012:450 min12:4548 min6 Feb
Suva16:54 → 17:3011:560 min11:5648 min6 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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