Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2048

Monday 20 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 Sunday 19 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 20 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 13:48 on Sun 19 Jan to 14:05 on Mon 20 Jan.

    2048-01-19T05:48:01Z → 2048-01-20T06:05:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 19th, 12:05–12:53 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 3311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2048: Monday 20 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2048 falls on Monday 20 January. Pañcamī runs from 13:48 on Sun 19 Jan to 14:05 on Mon 20 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:48 → 22:0511:4048 min11:400 min19 Jan
Chicago23:48 → 00:0511:3748 min11:380 min19 Jan
Jersey City00:48 → 01:0511:4348 min11:430 min19 Jan
Port of Spain01:48 → 02:0511:5348 min11:530 min19 Jan
London05:48 → 06:0511:4748 min11:480 min19 Jan
Durban07:48 → 08:0511:4248 min11:430 min19 Jan
Dubai09:48 → 10:0512:0548 min12:060 min19 Jan
Delhi11:18 → 11:3512:0848 min12:080 min19 Jan
Kolkata11:18 → 11:3511:2348 min11:2312 min19 Jan
Singapore13:48 → 14:0512:510 min12:5148 min20 Jan
Sydney16:48 → 17:0512:410 min12:4248 min20 Jan
Suva17:48 → 18:0511:530 min11:5348 min20 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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