Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1918

Friday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 488 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 15 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 04:01 on Fri 15 Feb to 01:13 on Sat 16 Feb.

    1918-02-14T20:00:35Z → 1918-02-15T17:13:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 29289 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1918: Friday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1918 falls on Friday 15 February. Pañcamī runs from 04:01 on Fri 15 Feb to 01:13 on Sat 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 15 Feb
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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:01 → 09:1311:4431 min11:440 min14 Feb
Chicago14:01 → 11:1311:410 min11:410 min15 Feb
Jersey City15:01 → 12:1311:470 min11:4726 min15 Feb
Port of Spain16:01 → 13:1311:560 min11:5648 min15 Feb
London20:01 → 17:1311:510 min11:5148 min15 Feb
Durban22:01 → 19:1311:460 min11:4648 min15 Feb
Dubai23:42 → 20:5411:500 min11:5048 min15 Feb
Delhi01:31 → 22:4312:120 min12:1248 min15 Feb
Kolkata01:31 → 22:4311:270 min11:2748 min15 Feb
Singapore03:01 → 00:1311:550 min11:5548 min15 Feb
Sydney06:01 → 03:1311:450 min11:4548 min15 Feb
Suva08:01 → 05:1311:570 min11:5748 min15 Feb
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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