Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1901

Friday 25 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 47 minutes.

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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 Thursday 24 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:41:22
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 25 January

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 13:41 on Thu 24 Jan to 11:15 on Fri 25 Jan.

    1901-01-24T05:41:23Z → 1901-01-25T03:15:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 24th, 12:07–12:55 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 2814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1901: Friday 25 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1901 falls on Friday 25 January. Pañcamī runs from 13:41 on Thu 24 Jan to 11:15 on Fri 25 Jan, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 Jan
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/vasanta-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:41 → 19:1511:4148 min11:420 min24 Jan
Chicago23:41 → 21:1511:3948 min11:390 min24 Jan
Jersey City00:41 → 22:1511:4548 min11:450 min24 Jan
Port of Spain01:41 → 23:1511:5448 min11:550 min24 Jan
London05:41 → 03:1511:4948 min11:490 min24 Jan
Durban07:11 → 04:4511:1448 min11:140 min24 Jan
Dubai09:22 → 06:5611:4848 min11:480 min24 Jan
Delhi11:02 → 08:3612:0048 min12:010 min24 Jan
Kolkata11:02 → 08:3611:1648 min11:160 min24 Jan
Singapore12:36 → 10:1011:480 min11:480 min25 Jan
Sydney15:41 → 13:1511:430 min11:4348 min25 Jan
Suva17:36 → 15:1011:490 min11:5048 min25 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasanta-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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