Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1922

Thursday 2 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 314 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 Wednesday 1 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 Thursday 2 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 18:10 on Wed 1 Feb to 20:42 on Thu 2 Feb.

    1922-02-01T10:09:46Z → 1922-02-02T12:41:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 1st, 12:08–12:56 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 18826 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1922: Thursday 2 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1922 falls on Thursday 2 February. Pañcamī runs from 18:10 on Wed 1 Feb to 20:42 on Thu 2 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1922/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:10 → 04:4211:4348 min11:430 min1 Feb
Chicago04:10 → 06:4211:4148 min11:410 min1 Feb
Jersey City05:10 → 07:4211:4648 min11:460 min1 Feb
Port of Spain06:10 → 08:4211:5648 min11:560 min1 Feb
London10:10 → 12:4211:5148 min11:5148 min1 Feb
Durban12:10 → 14:4211:4524 min11:4548 min2 Feb
Dubai14:10 → 16:4212:090 min12:0948 min2 Feb
Delhi15:40 → 18:1212:110 min12:1148 min2 Feb
Kolkata15:40 → 18:1211:260 min11:2648 min2 Feb
Singapore17:10 → 19:4211:540 min11:5448 min2 Feb
Sydney20:10 → 22:4211:450 min11:4548 min2 Feb
Suva22:10 → 00:4211:560 min11:5648 min2 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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