Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1959

Thursday 12 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 202 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 Thursday 12 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 13 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 06:32 on Thu 12 Feb to 08:47 on Fri 13 Feb.

    1959-02-11T22:31:55Z → 1959-02-13T00:46:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 12th, 12:09–12:57 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 12112 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1959: Thursday 12 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1959 falls on Thursday 12 February. Pañcamī runs from 06:32 on Thu 12 Feb to 08:47 on Fri 13 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:32 → 16:4711:440 min11:440 min12 Feb
Chicago16:32 → 18:4711:410 min11:410 min12 Feb
Jersey City17:32 → 19:4711:470 min11:470 min12 Feb
Port of Spain18:32 → 20:4711:560 min11:560 min12 Feb
London22:32 → 00:4711:510 min11:510 min12 Feb
Durban00:32 → 02:4711:460 min11:460 min12 Feb
Dubai02:32 → 04:4712:090 min12:090 min12 Feb
Delhi04:02 → 06:1712:120 min12:120 min12 Feb
Kolkata04:02 → 06:1711:270 min11:270 min12 Feb
Singapore06:02 → 08:1712:250 min12:250 min12 Feb
Sydney08:32 → 10:4711:450 min11:450 min12 Feb
Suva10:32 → 12:4711:560 min11:5648 min12 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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