Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1958

Saturday 25 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 Friday 24 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:14:49
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 25 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 13:15 on Fri 24 Jan to 15:55 on Sat 25 Jan.

    1958-01-24T05:14:49Z → 1958-01-25T07:55:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 24th, 12:07–12:55 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 1227 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1958: Saturday 25 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1958 falls on Saturday 25 January. Pañcamī runs from 13:15 on Fri 24 Jan to 15:55 on Sat 25 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1958/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:15 → 23:5511:4148 min11:420 min24 Jan
Chicago23:15 → 01:5511:3948 min11:390 min24 Jan
Jersey City00:15 → 02:5511:4548 min11:450 min24 Jan
Port of Spain01:15 → 03:5511:5448 min11:550 min24 Jan
London05:15 → 07:5511:4948 min11:490 min24 Jan
Durban07:15 → 09:5511:4448 min11:440 min24 Jan
Dubai09:15 → 11:5512:0748 min12:070 min24 Jan
Delhi10:45 → 13:2512:0948 min12:1048 min24 Jan
Kolkata10:45 → 13:2511:2548 min11:2548 min24 Jan
Singapore12:45 → 15:2512:2326 min12:2348 min24 Jan
Sydney15:15 → 17:5511:430 min11:4348 min25 Jan
Suva17:15 → 19:5511:540 min11:5448 min25 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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