Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2039

Saturday 29 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 346 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 Friday 28 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

Midday of Saturday 29 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 18:41 on Fri 28 Jan to 19:39 on Sat 29 Jan.

    2039-01-28T10:41:22Z → 2039-01-29T11:39:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 28th, 12:07–12:55 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 20772 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2039: Saturday 29 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2039 falls on Saturday 29 January. Pañcamī runs from 18:41 on Fri 28 Jan to 19:39 on Sat 29 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:41 → 03:3911:4248 min11:420 min28 Jan
Chicago04:41 → 05:3911:4048 min11:400 min28 Jan
Jersey City05:41 → 06:3911:4548 min11:460 min28 Jan
Port of Spain06:41 → 07:3911:5548 min11:550 min28 Jan
London10:41 → 11:3911:5048 min11:500 min28 Jan
Durban12:41 → 13:3911:450 min11:4548 min29 Jan
Dubai14:41 → 15:3912:080 min12:0848 min29 Jan
Delhi16:11 → 17:0912:100 min12:1048 min29 Jan
Kolkata16:11 → 17:0911:250 min11:2648 min29 Jan
Singapore18:41 → 19:3912:530 min12:5448 min29 Jan
Sydney21:41 → 22:3912:440 min12:4448 min29 Jan
Suva22:41 → 23:3911:550 min11:5548 min29 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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