Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2037

Wednesday 21 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 343 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 21 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 Thursday 22 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 03:49 on Wed 21 Jan to 06:23 on Thu 22 Jan.

    2037-01-20T19:48:33Z → 2037-01-21T22:23:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 21st, 12:06–12:54 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 20563 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2037: Wednesday 21 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2037 falls on Wednesday 21 January. Pañcamī runs from 03:49 on Wed 21 Jan to 06:23 on Thu 22 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:49 → 14:2311:4040 min11:4148 min21 Jan
Chicago13:49 → 16:2311:380 min11:3848 min21 Jan
Jersey City14:49 → 17:2311:440 min11:4448 min21 Jan
Port of Spain15:49 → 18:2311:530 min11:5448 min21 Jan
London19:49 → 22:2311:480 min11:4848 min21 Jan
Durban21:49 → 00:2311:430 min11:4348 min21 Jan
Dubai23:49 → 02:2312:060 min12:0648 min21 Jan
Delhi01:19 → 03:5312:080 min12:0948 min21 Jan
Kolkata01:19 → 03:5311:240 min11:2448 min21 Jan
Singapore03:49 → 06:2312:520 min12:5248 min21 Jan
Sydney06:49 → 09:2312:420 min12:4248 min21 Jan
Suva07:49 → 10:2311:530 min11:5348 min21 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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