Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1947

Monday 27 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 518 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 Sunday 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

Midday of Monday 27 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 21:33 on Sun 26 Jan to 21:44 on Mon 27 Jan.

    1947-01-26T13:32:40Z → 1947-01-27T13:44:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 26th, 12:07–12:55 on the 27th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 31072 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1947: Monday 27 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1947 falls on Monday 27 January. Pañcamī runs from 21:33 on Sun 26 Jan to 21:44 on Mon 27 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:33 → 05:4411:4248 min11:420 min26 Jan
Chicago07:33 → 07:4411:3948 min11:400 min26 Jan
Jersey City08:33 → 08:4411:4548 min11:450 min26 Jan
Port of Spain09:33 → 09:4411:5548 min11:550 min26 Jan
London13:33 → 13:4411:490 min11:5048 min27 Jan
Durban15:33 → 15:4411:440 min11:4448 min27 Jan
Dubai17:33 → 17:4412:070 min12:0848 min27 Jan
Delhi19:03 → 19:1412:100 min12:1048 min27 Jan
Kolkata19:03 → 19:1411:250 min11:2548 min27 Jan
Singapore21:03 → 21:1412:230 min12:2348 min27 Jan
Sydney23:33 → 23:4411:430 min11:4448 min27 Jan
Suva01:33 → 01:4411:550 min11:5548 min27 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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