Ruling · Māghī Pūrṇimā · 2097

Tuesday 26 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 189 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 Monday 25 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

Midday of Tuesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 17:45 on Mon 25 Feb to 16:04 on Tue 26 Feb.

    2097-02-25T09:45:04Z → 2097-02-26T08:04:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 11313 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Māghī Pūrṇimā, Baoding, 2097: Tuesday 26 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Māghī Pūrṇimā 2097 falls on Tuesday 26 February. Pūrṇimā runs from 17:45 on Mon 25 Feb to 16:04 on Tue 26 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/maghi-purnima · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles01:45 → 00:0411:4248 min11:420 min25 Feb
Chicago03:45 → 02:0411:4048 min11:400 min25 Feb
Jersey City04:45 → 03:0411:4648 min11:460 min25 Feb
Port of Spain05:45 → 04:0411:5548 min11:550 min25 Feb
London09:45 → 08:0411:5048 min11:500 min25 Feb
Durban11:45 → 10:0411:4548 min11:450 min25 Feb
Dubai13:45 → 12:0412:080 min12:080 min26 Feb
Delhi15:15 → 13:3412:100 min12:1048 min26 Feb
Kolkata15:15 → 13:3411:260 min11:2648 min26 Feb
Singapore17:45 → 16:0412:540 min12:5448 min26 Feb
Sydney20:45 → 19:0412:440 min12:4448 min26 Feb
Suva21:45 → 20:0411:550 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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