Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1936

Tuesday 28 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 490 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 Tuesday 28 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 03:57 on Tue 28 Jan to 01:10 on Wed 29 Jan.

    1936-01-27T19:56:58Z → 1936-01-28T17:10:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 28th, 12:07–12:55 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 29415 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1936: Tuesday 28 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1936 falls on Tuesday 28 January. Pañcamī runs from 03:57 on Tue 28 Jan to 01:10 on Wed 29 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:57 → 09:1011:4233 min11:420 min27 Jan
Chicago13:57 → 11:1011:400 min11:400 min28 Jan
Jersey City14:57 → 12:1011:450 min11:4525 min28 Jan
Port of Spain15:57 → 13:1011:550 min11:5548 min28 Jan
London19:57 → 17:1011:500 min11:5048 min28 Jan
Durban21:57 → 19:1011:440 min11:4548 min28 Jan
Dubai23:57 → 21:1012:080 min12:0848 min28 Jan
Delhi01:27 → 22:4012:100 min12:1048 min28 Jan
Kolkata01:27 → 22:4011:250 min11:2648 min28 Jan
Singapore03:17 → 00:3012:130 min12:1348 min28 Jan
Sydney05:57 → 03:1011:440 min11:4448 min28 Jan
Suva07:57 → 05:1011:550 min11:5548 min28 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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