Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1933

Monday 30 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 460 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 Monday 30 January

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

Midday of Tuesday 31 January

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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 03:36 on Mon 30 Jan to 04:28 on Tue 31 Jan.

    1933-01-29T19:36:04Z → 1933-01-30T20:27:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 30th, 12:08–12:56 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 27607 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1933: Monday 30 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1933 falls on Monday 30 January. Pañcamī runs from 03:36 on Mon 30 Jan to 04:28 on Tue 31 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:36 → 12:2811:4248 min11:4345 min29 Jan
Chicago13:36 → 14:2811:400 min11:4048 min30 Jan
Jersey City14:36 → 15:2811:460 min11:4648 min30 Jan
Port of Spain15:36 → 16:2811:550 min11:5648 min30 Jan
London19:36 → 20:2811:500 min11:5048 min30 Jan
Durban21:36 → 22:2811:450 min11:4548 min30 Jan
Dubai23:36 → 00:2812:080 min12:0848 min30 Jan
Delhi01:06 → 01:5812:100 min12:1148 min30 Jan
Kolkata01:06 → 01:5811:260 min11:2648 min30 Jan
Singapore02:56 → 03:4812:140 min12:1448 min30 Jan
Sydney05:36 → 06:2811:440 min11:4448 min30 Jan
Suva07:36 → 08:2811:550 min11:5648 min30 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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