Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1917

Saturday 27 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 608 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 Saturday 27 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

Midday of Sunday 28 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 01:59 on Sat 27 Jan to 23:39 on Sat 27 Jan.

    1917-01-26T17:58:43Z → 1917-01-27T15:38:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 27th, 12:07–12:55 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 36506 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1917: Saturday 27 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1917 falls on Saturday 27 January. Pañcamī runs from 01:59 on Sat 27 Jan to 23:39 on Sat 27 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1917/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:59 → 07:3911:4248 min11:420 min26 Jan
Chicago11:59 → 09:3911:4029 min11:400 min26 Jan
Jersey City12:59 → 10:3911:450 min11:450 min27 Jan
Port of Spain13:59 → 11:3911:550 min11:550 min27 Jan
London17:59 → 15:3911:490 min11:5048 min27 Jan
Durban19:59 → 17:3911:440 min11:4548 min27 Jan
Dubai21:40 → 19:2011:490 min11:4948 min27 Jan
Delhi23:29 → 21:0912:100 min12:1048 min27 Jan
Kolkata23:29 → 21:0911:250 min11:2548 min27 Jan
Singapore00:59 → 22:3911:530 min11:5348 min27 Jan
Sydney04:59 → 02:3912:440 min12:4448 min27 Jan
Suva05:59 → 03:3911:550 min11:5548 min27 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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