Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī · 1953

Monday 19 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 175 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 Monday 19 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 20 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 09:10 on Mon 19 Jan to 06:26 on Tue 20 Jan.

    1953-01-19T01:09:45Z → 1953-01-19T22:26:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 19th, 12:05–12:53 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 10516 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 1953: Monday 19 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī 1953 falls on Monday 19 January. Pañcamī runs from 09:10 on Mon 19 Jan to 06:26 on Tue 20 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:10 → 14:2611:4048 min11:400 min19 Jan
Chicago19:10 → 16:2611:3848 min11:380 min19 Jan
Jersey City20:10 → 17:2611:4348 min11:440 min19 Jan
Port of Spain21:10 → 18:2611:5348 min11:530 min19 Jan
London01:10 → 22:2611:4848 min11:480 min19 Jan
Durban03:10 → 00:2611:4248 min11:430 min19 Jan
Dubai05:10 → 02:2612:0648 min12:060 min19 Jan
Delhi06:40 → 03:5612:0848 min12:080 min19 Jan
Kolkata06:40 → 03:5611:2348 min11:240 min19 Jan
Singapore08:40 → 05:5612:2148 min12:220 min19 Jan
Sydney11:10 → 08:2611:4248 min11:420 min19 Jan
Suva13:10 → 10:2611:530 min11:530 min20 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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