Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2044

Thursday 4 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 39 s.

Decide it for

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 3 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:42:00
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 4 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:05:51
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 13:42 on Wed 3 Feb to 13:06 on Thu 4 Feb.

    2044-02-03T05:42:00Z → 2044-02-04T05:05:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 3rd, 12:08–12:56 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 579 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2044: Thursday 4 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2044 falls on Thursday 4 February. Pañcamī runs from 13:42 on Wed 3 Feb to 13:06 on Thu 4 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 Feb
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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:42 → 21:0611:4348 min11:430 min3 Feb
Chicago23:42 → 23:0611:4148 min11:410 min3 Feb
Jersey City00:42 → 00:0611:4648 min11:460 min3 Feb
Port of Spain01:42 → 01:0611:5648 min11:560 min3 Feb
London05:42 → 05:0611:5148 min11:510 min3 Feb
Durban07:42 → 07:0611:4548 min11:460 min3 Feb
Dubai09:42 → 09:0612:0948 min12:090 min3 Feb
Delhi11:12 → 10:3612:1148 min12:110 min3 Feb
Kolkata11:12 → 10:3611:2648 min11:270 min3 Feb
Singapore13:42 → 13:0612:540 min12:5411 min4 Feb
Sydney16:42 → 16:0612:450 min12:4548 min4 Feb
Suva17:42 → 17:0611:560 min11:5648 min4 Feb
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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