Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1919

Wednesday 5 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 438 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 4 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 5 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 22:38 on Tue 4 Feb to 20:15 on Wed 5 Feb.

    1919-02-04T14:37:31Z → 1919-02-05T12:14:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 4th, 12:08–12:56 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 26288 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1919: Wednesday 5 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1919 falls on Wednesday 5 February. Pañcamī runs from 22:38 on Tue 4 Feb to 20:15 on Wed 5 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:38 → 04:1511:4348 min11:430 min4 Feb
Chicago08:38 → 06:1511:4148 min11:410 min4 Feb
Jersey City09:38 → 07:1511:4748 min11:470 min4 Feb
Port of Spain10:38 → 08:1511:5648 min11:560 min4 Feb
London14:38 → 12:1511:510 min11:5124 min5 Feb
Durban16:38 → 14:1511:460 min11:4648 min5 Feb
Dubai18:19 → 15:5611:500 min11:5048 min5 Feb
Delhi20:08 → 17:4512:110 min12:1148 min5 Feb
Kolkata20:08 → 17:4511:270 min11:2748 min5 Feb
Singapore21:38 → 19:1511:550 min11:5548 min5 Feb
Sydney00:38 → 22:1511:450 min11:4548 min5 Feb
Suva02:38 → 00:1511:560 min11:5648 min5 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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