Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2001

Monday 29 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 218 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 Monday 29 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

Midday of Tuesday 30 January

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 06:51 on Mon 29 Jan to 08:29 on Tue 30 Jan.

    2001-01-28T22:51:04Z → 2001-01-30T00:29:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 29th, 12:08–12:56 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 13104 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2001: Monday 29 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2001 falls on Monday 29 January. Pañcamī runs from 06:51 on Mon 29 Jan to 08:29 on Tue 30 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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/vasanta-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:51 → 16:2911:420 min11:430 min29 Jan
Chicago16:51 → 18:2911:400 min11:400 min29 Jan
Jersey City17:51 → 19:2911:460 min11:460 min29 Jan
Port of Spain18:51 → 20:2911:550 min11:550 min29 Jan
London22:51 → 00:2911:500 min11:500 min29 Jan
Durban00:51 → 02:2911:450 min11:450 min29 Jan
Dubai02:51 → 04:2912:080 min12:080 min29 Jan
Delhi04:21 → 05:5912:100 min12:110 min29 Jan
Kolkata04:21 → 05:5911:260 min11:260 min29 Jan
Singapore06:51 → 08:2912:540 min12:540 min29 Jan
Sydney09:51 → 11:2912:440 min12:440 min29 Jan
Suva10:51 → 12:2911:550 min11:5534 min29 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasanta-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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