Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2007

Tuesday 23 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 560 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 23 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 Wednesday 24 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 02:46 on Tue 23 Jan to 00:22 on Wed 24 Jan.

    2007-01-22T18:46:06Z → 2007-01-23T16:21:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 23rd, 12:06–12:54 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 33596 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2007: Tuesday 23 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2007 falls on Tuesday 23 January. Pañcamī runs from 02:46 on Tue 23 Jan to 00:22 on Wed 24 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:46 → 08:2211:4148 min11:410 min22 Jan
Chicago12:46 → 10:2211:380 min11:390 min23 Jan
Jersey City13:46 → 11:2211:440 min11:440 min23 Jan
Port of Spain14:46 → 12:2211:540 min11:5428 min23 Jan
London18:46 → 16:2211:480 min11:4948 min23 Jan
Durban20:46 → 18:2211:430 min11:4348 min23 Jan
Dubai22:46 → 20:2212:060 min12:0748 min23 Jan
Delhi00:16 → 21:5212:090 min12:0948 min23 Jan
Kolkata00:16 → 21:5211:240 min11:2448 min23 Jan
Singapore02:46 → 00:2212:520 min12:5248 min23 Jan
Sydney05:46 → 03:2212:420 min12:4348 min23 Jan
Suva06:46 → 04:2211:540 min11:5448 min23 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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