Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2078

Saturday 26 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 616 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 Saturday 26 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

Midday of Sunday 27 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 00:41 on Sat 26 Feb to 01:52 on Sun 27 Feb.

    2078-02-25T16:40:38Z → 2078-02-26T17:51:33Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 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 36941 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2078: Saturday 26 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2078 falls on Saturday 26 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:41 on Sat 26 Feb to 01:52 on Sun 27 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:41 → 09:5211:4248 min11:420 min25 Feb
Chicago10:41 → 11:5211:4048 min11:4012 min26 Feb
Jersey City11:41 → 12:5211:4648 min11:4548 min26 Feb
Port of Spain12:41 → 13:5211:553 min11:5548 min26 Feb
London16:41 → 17:5211:500 min11:5048 min26 Feb
Durban18:41 → 19:5211:450 min11:4548 min26 Feb
Dubai20:41 → 21:5212:080 min12:0848 min26 Feb
Delhi22:11 → 23:2212:100 min12:1048 min26 Feb
Kolkata22:11 → 23:2211:260 min11:2648 min26 Feb
Singapore00:41 → 01:5212:540 min12:5448 min26 Feb
Sydney03:41 → 04:5212:440 min12:4448 min26 Feb
Suva04:41 → 05:5211:550 min11:5548 min26 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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