Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 2009

Saturday 31 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 31 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 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 21:08 on Fri 30 Jan to 21:16 on Sat 31 Jan.

    2009-01-30T13:08:24Z → 2009-01-31T13:15:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 30th, 12:08–12:56 on the 31st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 29566 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2009: Saturday 31 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 2009 falls on Saturday 31 January. Pañcamī runs from 21:08 on Fri 30 Jan to 21:16 on Sat 31 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:08 → 05:1611:4348 min11:430 min30 Jan
Chicago07:08 → 07:1611:4048 min11:400 min30 Jan
Jersey City08:08 → 08:1611:4648 min11:460 min30 Jan
Port of Spain09:08 → 09:1611:5548 min11:560 min30 Jan
London13:08 → 13:1611:500 min11:5048 min31 Jan
Durban15:08 → 15:1611:450 min11:4548 min31 Jan
Dubai17:08 → 17:1612:080 min12:0848 min31 Jan
Delhi18:38 → 18:4612:110 min12:1148 min31 Jan
Kolkata18:38 → 18:4611:260 min11:2648 min31 Jan
Singapore21:08 → 21:1612:540 min12:5448 min31 Jan
Sydney00:08 → 00:1612:440 min12:4448 min31 Jan
Suva01:08 → 01:1611:550 min11:5648 min31 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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