Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1945

Thursday 18 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 484 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 Thursday 18 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:05  13:53 madhyāhna ends
12:1712:4113:0513:2913:5314:1714:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 19 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:05  13:53 madhyāhna ends
12:1712:4113:0513:2913:5314:1714:41

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 05:01 on Thu 18 Jan to 02:29 on Fri 19 Jan.

    1945-01-17T20:00:58Z → 1945-01-18T17:29:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:05–13:53 on the 18th, 13:05–13:53 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 29024 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1945: Thursday 18 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1945 falls on Thursday 18 January. Pañcamī runs from 05:01 on Thu 18 Jan to 02:29 on Fri 19 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:01 → 10:2912:3926 min12:400 min17 Jan
Chicago15:01 → 12:2912:370 min12:370 min18 Jan
Jersey City16:01 → 13:2912:430 min12:4346 min18 Jan
Port of Spain17:01 → 14:2912:520 min12:5348 min18 Jan
London21:01 → 18:2912:470 min12:4748 min18 Jan
Durban22:01 → 19:2911:420 min11:4248 min18 Jan
Dubai00:01 → 21:2912:050 min12:0548 min18 Jan
Delhi02:31 → 23:5913:070 min13:0848 min18 Jan
Kolkata02:31 → 23:5912:230 min12:2348 min18 Jan
Singapore05:01 → 02:2913:510 min13:5148 min18 Jan
Sydney06:01 → 03:2911:410 min11:4148 min18 Jan
Suva08:01 → 05:2911:520 min11:5348 min18 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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