Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2008

Monday 11 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 323 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 Monday 11 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 12 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 06:45 on Mon 11 Feb to 04:50 on Tue 12 Feb.

    2008-02-10T22:45:18Z → 2008-02-11T20:49:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 11th, 12:09–12:57 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 19401 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2008: Monday 11 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2008 falls on Monday 11 February. Pañcamī runs from 06:45 on Mon 11 Feb to 04:50 on Tue 12 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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/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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:45 → 12:5011:430 min11:4348 min11 Feb
Chicago16:45 → 14:5011:410 min11:4148 min11 Feb
Jersey City17:45 → 15:5011:470 min11:4748 min11 Feb
Port of Spain18:45 → 16:5011:560 min11:5648 min11 Feb
London22:45 → 20:5011:510 min11:5148 min11 Feb
Durban00:45 → 22:5011:460 min11:4648 min11 Feb
Dubai02:45 → 00:5012:090 min12:0948 min11 Feb
Delhi04:15 → 02:2012:110 min12:1248 min11 Feb
Kolkata04:15 → 02:2011:270 min11:2748 min11 Feb
Singapore06:45 → 04:5012:550 min12:5548 min11 Feb
Sydney09:45 → 07:5012:450 min12:4548 min11 Feb
Suva10:45 → 08:5011:560 min11:5648 min11 Feb
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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