Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1954

Sunday 7 February

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.

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 7 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:53:08
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

3 of 48 minutes covered, the last 3

Midday of Monday 8 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 12:53 on Sun 7 Feb to 10:08 on Mon 8 Feb.

    1954-02-07T04:53:09Z → 1954-02-08T02:07:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 7th, 12:09–12:57 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 3 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 206 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1954: Sunday 7 February.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1954 falls on Sunday 7 February. Pañcamī runs from 12:53 on Sun 7 Feb to 10:08 on Mon 8 Feb and covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:53 → 18:0811:4348 min11:430 min7 Feb
Chicago22:53 → 20:0811:4148 min11:410 min7 Feb
Jersey City23:53 → 21:0811:4748 min11:470 min7 Feb
Port of Spain00:53 → 22:0811:5648 min11:560 min7 Feb
London04:53 → 02:0811:5148 min11:510 min7 Feb
Durban06:53 → 04:0811:4648 min11:460 min7 Feb
Dubai08:53 → 06:0812:0948 min12:090 min7 Feb
Delhi10:23 → 07:3812:1148 min12:120 min7 Feb
Kolkata10:23 → 07:3811:2748 min11:270 min7 Feb
Singapore12:23 → 09:3812:2548 min12:250 min7 Feb
Sydney14:53 → 12:0811:450 min11:4522 min8 Feb
Suva16:53 → 14:0811:560 min11:5648 min8 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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