Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1907

Friday 18 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 477 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 18 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 19 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 04:07 on Fri 18 Jan to 03:18 on Sat 19 Jan.

    1907-01-17T20:07:10Z → 1907-01-18T19:17:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 18th, 12:05–12:53 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 28641 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1907: Friday 18 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1907 falls on Friday 18 January. Pañcamī runs from 04:07 on Fri 18 Jan to 03:18 on Sat 19 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1907/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 18 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 18 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:07 → 11:1811:3920 min11:400 min17 Jan
Chicago14:07 → 13:1811:370 min11:3748 min18 Jan
Jersey City15:07 → 14:1811:430 min11:4348 min18 Jan
Port of Spain16:07 → 15:1811:520 min11:5248 min18 Jan
London20:07 → 19:1811:470 min11:4748 min18 Jan
Durban22:07 → 21:1811:420 min11:4248 min18 Jan
Dubai23:48 → 22:5911:460 min11:4648 min18 Jan
Delhi01:37 → 00:4812:070 min12:0748 min18 Jan
Kolkata01:37 → 00:4811:230 min11:2348 min18 Jan
Singapore03:07 → 02:1811:500 min11:5148 min18 Jan
Sydney06:07 → 05:1811:410 min11:4148 min18 Jan
Suva08:02 → 07:1311:470 min11:4748 min18 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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