Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1912

Wednesday 24 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 462 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 Wednesday 24 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 03:14 on Wed 24 Jan to 04:25 on Thu 25 Jan.

    1912-01-23T19:14:14Z → 1912-01-24T20:24:57Z

  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 48 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

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 27696 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1912: Wednesday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1912 falls on Wednesday 24 January. Pañcamī runs from 03:14 on Wed 24 Jan to 04:25 on Thu 25 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:14 → 12:2511:4148 min11:4144 min23 Jan
Chicago13:14 → 14:2511:390 min11:3948 min24 Jan
Jersey City14:14 → 15:2511:440 min11:4548 min24 Jan
Port of Spain15:14 → 16:2511:540 min11:5448 min24 Jan
London19:14 → 20:2511:490 min11:4948 min24 Jan
Durban21:14 → 22:2511:430 min11:4448 min24 Jan
Dubai22:55 → 00:0611:480 min11:4848 min24 Jan
Delhi00:44 → 01:5512:090 min12:0948 min24 Jan
Kolkata00:44 → 01:5511:240 min11:2548 min24 Jan
Singapore02:14 → 03:2511:520 min11:5348 min24 Jan
Sydney05:14 → 06:2511:430 min11:4348 min24 Jan
Suva07:09 → 08:2011:490 min11:4948 min24 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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