Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 2015

Saturday 24 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 260 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 Saturday 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 Sunday 25 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 07:46 on Sat 24 Jan to 05:06 on Sun 25 Jan.

    2015-01-23T23:45:58Z → 2015-01-24T21:06:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 24th, 12:07–12:55 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 15618 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2015: Saturday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Pañcamī 2015 falls on Saturday 24 January. Pañcamī runs from 07:46 on Sat 24 Jan to 05:06 on Sun 25 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:46 → 13:0611:410 min11:4148 min24 Jan
Chicago17:46 → 15:0611:390 min11:3948 min24 Jan
Jersey City18:46 → 16:0611:440 min11:4548 min24 Jan
Port of Spain19:46 → 17:0611:540 min11:5448 min24 Jan
London23:46 → 21:0611:490 min11:4948 min24 Jan
Durban01:46 → 23:0611:430 min11:4448 min24 Jan
Dubai03:46 → 01:0612:070 min12:0748 min24 Jan
Delhi05:16 → 02:3612:090 min12:0948 min24 Jan
Kolkata05:16 → 02:3611:240 min11:2548 min24 Jan
Singapore07:46 → 05:0612:520 min12:5348 min24 Jan
Sydney10:46 → 08:0612:430 min12:4348 min24 Jan
Suva11:46 → 09:0611:540 min11:5448 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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