Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1968

Saturday 3 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 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 3 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 00:24 on Sat 3 Feb to 02:07 on Sun 4 Feb.

    1968-02-02T16:23:54Z → 1968-02-03T18:06:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 3rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 36095 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1968: Saturday 3 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1968 falls on Saturday 3 February. Pañcamī runs from 00:24 on Sat 3 Feb to 02:07 on Sun 4 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:24 → 10:0711:4348 min11:430 min2 Feb
Chicago10:24 → 12:0711:4148 min11:4126 min2 Feb
Jersey City11:24 → 13:0711:4648 min11:4648 min2 Feb
Port of Spain12:24 → 14:0711:5620 min11:5648 min2 Feb
London16:24 → 18:0711:510 min11:5148 min3 Feb
Durban18:24 → 20:0711:450 min11:4548 min3 Feb
Dubai20:24 → 22:0712:090 min12:0948 min3 Feb
Delhi21:54 → 23:3712:110 min12:1148 min3 Feb
Kolkata21:54 → 23:3711:260 min11:2648 min3 Feb
Singapore23:54 → 01:3712:240 min12:2448 min3 Feb
Sydney02:24 → 04:0711:450 min11:4548 min3 Feb
Suva04:24 → 06:0711:560 min11:5648 min3 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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