Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1904

Friday 22 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 22 January

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

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 23 January

Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:42:53
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:14 on Fri 22 Jan to 12:43 on Sat 23 Jan.

    1904-01-22T02:13:46Z → 1904-01-23T04:42:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 22nd, 12:06–12:54 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 37 of 48 on the 23rd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 665 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1904: Friday 22 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1904 falls on Friday 22 January. Pañcamī runs from 10:14 on Fri 22 Jan to 12:43 on Sat 23 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 37 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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/shri-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:14 → 20:4311:4148 min11:410 min22 Jan
Chicago20:14 → 22:4311:3848 min11:390 min22 Jan
Jersey City21:14 → 23:4311:4448 min11:440 min22 Jan
Port of Spain22:14 → 00:4311:5448 min11:540 min22 Jan
London02:14 → 04:4311:4848 min11:490 min22 Jan
Durban04:14 → 06:4311:4348 min11:430 min22 Jan
Dubai05:55 → 08:2411:4748 min11:480 min22 Jan
Delhi07:35 → 10:0412:0048 min12:000 min22 Jan
Kolkata07:35 → 10:0411:1548 min11:150 min22 Jan
Singapore09:09 → 11:3811:4748 min11:470 min22 Jan
Sydney12:14 → 14:4311:4217 min11:4348 min22 Jan
Suva14:09 → 16:3811:490 min11:4948 min23 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shri-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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