Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2079

Wednesday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 170 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 Wednesday 15 February

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 16 February

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 09:19 on Wed 15 Feb to 07:46 on Thu 16 Feb.

    2079-02-15T01:18:40Z → 2079-02-15T23:46:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 10198 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2079: Wednesday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2079 falls on Wednesday 15 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 09:19 on Wed 15 Feb to 07:46 on Thu 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:19 → 15:4611:4348 min11:430 min15 Feb
Chicago19:19 → 17:4611:4148 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City20:19 → 18:4611:4748 min11:470 min15 Feb
Port of Spain21:19 → 19:4611:5648 min11:560 min15 Feb
London01:19 → 23:4611:5148 min11:510 min15 Feb
Durban03:19 → 01:4611:4648 min11:460 min15 Feb
Dubai05:19 → 03:4612:0948 min12:090 min15 Feb
Delhi06:49 → 05:1612:1148 min12:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata06:49 → 05:1611:2748 min11:270 min15 Feb
Singapore09:19 → 07:4612:5548 min12:550 min15 Feb
Sydney12:19 → 10:4612:4548 min12:450 min15 Feb
Suva13:19 → 11:4611:560 min11:560 min16 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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