Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2042

Sunday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 53 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 26 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 16:30 on Sat 25 Jan to 13:48 on Sun 26 Jan.

    2042-01-25T08:30:07Z → 2042-01-26T05:48:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 25th, 12:07–12:55 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 3202 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2042: Sunday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2042 falls on Sunday 26 January. Pañcamī runs from 16:30 on Sat 25 Jan to 13:48 on Sun 26 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:30 → 21:4811:4248 min11:420 min25 Jan
Chicago02:30 → 23:4811:3948 min11:390 min25 Jan
Jersey City03:30 → 00:4811:4548 min11:450 min25 Jan
Port of Spain04:30 → 01:4811:5448 min11:550 min25 Jan
London08:30 → 05:4811:4948 min11:490 min25 Jan
Durban10:30 → 07:4811:4448 min11:440 min25 Jan
Dubai12:30 → 09:4812:0725 min12:070 min25 Jan
Delhi14:00 → 11:1812:090 min12:100 min26 Jan
Kolkata14:00 → 11:1811:250 min11:250 min26 Jan
Singapore16:30 → 13:4812:530 min12:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney19:30 → 16:4812:430 min12:4348 min26 Jan
Suva20:30 → 17:4811:540 min11:5548 min26 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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