Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1909

Tuesday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 191 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 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 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 18:57 on Mon 25 Jan to 16:06 on Tue 26 Jan.

    1909-01-25T10:57:28Z → 1909-01-26T08:05:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 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

    Pañcamī 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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11443 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1909: Tuesday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1909 falls on Tuesday 26 January. Pañcamī runs from 18:57 on Mon 25 Jan to 16:06 on Tue 26 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:57 → 00:0611:4248 min11:420 min25 Jan
Chicago04:57 → 02:0611:3948 min11:400 min25 Jan
Jersey City05:57 → 03:0611:4548 min11:450 min25 Jan
Port of Spain06:57 → 04:0611:5548 min11:550 min25 Jan
London10:57 → 08:0611:4948 min11:490 min25 Jan
Durban12:57 → 10:0611:440 min11:440 min26 Jan
Dubai14:38 → 11:4711:480 min11:490 min26 Jan
Delhi16:27 → 13:3612:100 min12:1048 min26 Jan
Kolkata16:27 → 13:3611:250 min11:2548 min26 Jan
Singapore17:57 → 15:0611:530 min11:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney20:57 → 18:0611:430 min11:4448 min26 Jan
Suva22:52 → 20:0111:500 min11:5048 min26 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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