Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2058

Monday 28 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 243 minutes.

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 Monday 28 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

Midday of Tuesday 29 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 08:04 on Mon 28 Jan to 06:32 on Tue 29 Jan.

    2058-01-28T00:04:17Z → 2058-01-28T22:32:21Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 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 14578 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2058: Monday 28 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2058 falls on Monday 28 January. Pañcamī runs from 08:04 on Mon 28 Jan to 06:32 on Tue 29 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2058/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 Angeles16:04 → 14:3211:4248 min11:420 min28 Jan
Chicago18:04 → 16:3211:4048 min11:400 min28 Jan
Jersey City19:04 → 17:3211:4648 min11:460 min28 Jan
Port of Spain20:04 → 18:3211:5548 min11:550 min28 Jan
London00:04 → 22:3211:5048 min11:500 min28 Jan
Durban02:04 → 00:3211:4548 min11:450 min28 Jan
Dubai04:04 → 02:3212:0848 min12:080 min28 Jan
Delhi05:34 → 04:0212:1048 min12:100 min28 Jan
Kolkata05:34 → 04:0211:2648 min11:260 min28 Jan
Singapore08:04 → 06:3212:5448 min12:540 min28 Jan
Sydney11:04 → 09:3212:4448 min12:440 min28 Jan
Suva12:04 → 10:3211:5539 min11:550 min28 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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