Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 1996

Wednesday 24 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 24 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 25 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 08:33 on Wed 24 Jan to 07:06 on Thu 25 Jan.

    1996-01-24T00:32:30Z → 1996-01-24T23:05:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 24th, 12:06–12:54 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 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 12823 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1996: Wednesday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 1996 falls on Wednesday 24 January. Pañcamī runs from 08:33 on Wed 24 Jan to 07:06 on Thu 25 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles16:33 → 15:0611:4148 min11:410 min24 Jan
Chicago18:33 → 17:0611:3948 min11:390 min24 Jan
Jersey City19:33 → 18:0611:4548 min11:450 min24 Jan
Port of Spain20:33 → 19:0611:5448 min11:540 min24 Jan
London00:33 → 23:0611:4948 min11:490 min24 Jan
Durban02:33 → 01:0611:4448 min11:440 min24 Jan
Dubai04:33 → 03:0612:0748 min12:070 min24 Jan
Delhi06:03 → 04:3612:0948 min12:090 min24 Jan
Kolkata06:03 → 04:3611:2548 min11:250 min24 Jan
Singapore08:33 → 07:0612:5248 min12:530 min24 Jan
Sydney11:33 → 10:0612:4348 min12:430 min24 Jan
Suva12:33 → 11:0611:5410 min11:540 min24 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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