Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1924

Saturday 9 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 97 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 Saturday 9 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 Sunday 10 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 09:03 on Sat 9 Feb to 10:31 on Sun 10 Feb.

    1924-02-09T01:02:56Z → 1924-02-10T02:31:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 9th, 12:09–12:57 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 5842 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1924: Saturday 9 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1924 falls on Saturday 9 February. Pañcamī runs from 09:03 on Sat 9 Feb to 10:31 on Sun 10 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 9 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 9 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:03 → 18:3111:4448 min11:440 min9 Feb
Chicago19:03 → 20:3111:4148 min11:410 min9 Feb
Jersey City20:03 → 21:3111:4748 min11:470 min9 Feb
Port of Spain21:03 → 22:3111:5648 min11:570 min9 Feb
London01:03 → 02:3111:5148 min11:510 min9 Feb
Durban03:03 → 04:3111:4648 min11:460 min9 Feb
Dubai05:03 → 06:3112:0948 min12:090 min9 Feb
Delhi06:33 → 08:0112:1248 min12:120 min9 Feb
Kolkata06:33 → 08:0111:2748 min11:270 min9 Feb
Singapore08:03 → 09:3111:5548 min11:550 min9 Feb
Sydney11:03 → 12:3111:4548 min11:4546 min9 Feb
Suva13:03 → 14:3111:570 min11:5748 min10 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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