Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1939

Wednesday 25 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 196 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 Wednesday 25 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 Thursday 26 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 07:02 on Wed 25 Jan to 08:51 on Thu 26 Jan.

    1939-01-24T23:02:00Z → 1939-01-26T00:51:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11745 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1939: Wednesday 25 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1939 falls on Wednesday 25 January. Pañcamī runs from 07:02 on Wed 25 Jan to 08:51 on Thu 26 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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/shri-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:02 → 16:5111:410 min11:420 min25 Jan
Chicago17:02 → 18:5111:390 min11:390 min25 Jan
Jersey City18:02 → 19:5111:450 min11:450 min25 Jan
Port of Spain19:02 → 20:5111:540 min11:550 min25 Jan
London23:02 → 00:5111:490 min11:490 min25 Jan
Durban01:02 → 02:5111:440 min11:440 min25 Jan
Dubai03:02 → 04:5112:070 min12:070 min25 Jan
Delhi04:32 → 06:2112:090 min12:100 min25 Jan
Kolkata04:32 → 06:2111:250 min11:250 min25 Jan
Singapore06:22 → 08:1112:130 min12:130 min25 Jan
Sydney09:02 → 10:5111:430 min11:430 min25 Jan
Suva11:02 → 12:5111:540 min11:5548 min25 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shri-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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