Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2068

Tuesday 7 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 283 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 Tuesday 7 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 8 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

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 07:26 on Tue 7 Feb to 04:49 on Wed 8 Feb.

    2068-02-06T23:25:50Z → 2068-02-07T20:48:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 7th, 12:09–12:57 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 16962 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2068: Tuesday 7 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2068 falls on Tuesday 7 February. Pañcamī runs from 07:26 on Tue 7 Feb to 04:49 on Wed 8 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:26 → 12:4911:430 min11:4348 min7 Feb
Chicago17:26 → 14:4911:410 min11:4148 min7 Feb
Jersey City18:26 → 15:4911:470 min11:4748 min7 Feb
Port of Spain19:26 → 16:4911:560 min11:5648 min7 Feb
London23:26 → 20:4911:510 min11:5148 min7 Feb
Durban01:26 → 22:4911:460 min11:4648 min7 Feb
Dubai03:26 → 00:4912:090 min12:0948 min7 Feb
Delhi04:56 → 02:1912:110 min12:1148 min7 Feb
Kolkata04:56 → 02:1911:270 min11:2748 min7 Feb
Singapore07:26 → 04:4912:550 min12:5548 min7 Feb
Sydney10:26 → 07:4912:450 min12:4548 min7 Feb
Suva11:26 → 08:4911:560 min11:5648 min7 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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