Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1951

Saturday 10 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 Saturday 10 February

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:36:55
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 11 February

Qualifies with 12 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:20:40
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

12 of 48 minutes covered, the first 12

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 11:37 on Sat 10 Feb to 12:21 on Sun 11 Feb.

    1951-02-10T03:36:56Z → 1951-02-11T04:20:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 10th, 12:09–12:57 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 12 of 48 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 717 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1951: Saturday 10 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1951 falls on Saturday 10 February. Pañcamī runs from 11:37 on Sat 10 Feb to 12:21 on Sun 11 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 12 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 Feb
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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:37 → 20:2111:4448 min11:440 min10 Feb
Chicago21:37 → 22:2111:4148 min11:410 min10 Feb
Jersey City22:37 → 23:2111:4748 min11:470 min10 Feb
Port of Spain23:37 → 00:2111:5648 min11:560 min10 Feb
London03:37 → 04:2111:5148 min11:510 min10 Feb
Durban05:37 → 06:2111:4648 min11:460 min10 Feb
Dubai07:37 → 08:2112:0948 min12:090 min10 Feb
Delhi09:07 → 09:5112:1248 min12:120 min10 Feb
Kolkata09:07 → 09:5111:2748 min11:270 min10 Feb
Singapore11:07 → 11:5112:2548 min12:250 min10 Feb
Sydney13:37 → 14:2111:450 min11:4548 min11 Feb
Suva15:37 → 16:2111:560 min11:5748 min11 Feb
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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