Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1991

Sunday 20 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Sunday 20 January

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:35:44
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

17 of 48 minutes covered, the last 17

Midday of Monday 21 January

Qualifies with 31 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:36:25
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 12:36 on Sun 20 Jan to 12:36 on Mon 21 Jan.

    1991-01-20T04:35:44Z → 1991-01-21T04:36:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 20th, 12:05–12:53 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 17 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 31 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1021 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1991: Sunday 20 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1991 falls on Sunday 20 January. Pañcamī runs from 12:36 on Sun 20 Jan to 12:36 on Mon 21 Jan and covers 17 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 31 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:36 → 20:3611:4048 min11:400 min20 Jan
Chicago22:36 → 22:3611:3848 min11:380 min20 Jan
Jersey City23:36 → 23:3611:4348 min11:440 min20 Jan
Port of Spain00:36 → 00:3611:5348 min11:530 min20 Jan
London04:36 → 04:3611:4848 min11:480 min20 Jan
Durban06:36 → 06:3611:4348 min11:430 min20 Jan
Dubai08:36 → 08:3612:0648 min12:060 min20 Jan
Delhi10:06 → 10:0612:0848 min12:080 min20 Jan
Kolkata10:06 → 10:0611:2348 min11:240 min20 Jan
Singapore12:36 → 12:3612:5148 min12:520 min20 Jan
Sydney15:36 → 15:3612:420 min12:4248 min21 Jan
Suva16:36 → 16:3611:530 min11:5348 min21 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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