Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2069

Sunday 27 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 604 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 Saturday 26 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 27 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 01:32 on Sun 27 Jan to 22:59 on Sun 27 Jan.

    2069-01-26T17:31:50Z → 2069-01-27T14:59:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 26th, 12:07–12:55 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 36241 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2069: Sunday 27 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2069 falls on Sunday 27 January. Pañcamī runs from 01:32 on Sun 27 Jan to 22:59 on Sun 27 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:32 → 06:5911:4248 min11:420 min26 Jan
Chicago11:32 → 08:5911:4048 min11:400 min26 Jan
Jersey City12:32 → 09:5911:451 min11:450 min26 Jan
Port of Spain13:32 → 10:5911:550 min11:550 min27 Jan
London17:32 → 14:5911:490 min11:5048 min27 Jan
Durban19:32 → 16:5911:440 min11:4548 min27 Jan
Dubai21:32 → 18:5912:080 min12:0848 min27 Jan
Delhi23:02 → 20:2912:100 min12:1048 min27 Jan
Kolkata23:02 → 20:2911:250 min11:2648 min27 Jan
Singapore01:32 → 22:5912:530 min12:5348 min27 Jan
Sydney04:32 → 01:5912:440 min12:4448 min27 Jan
Suva05:32 → 02:5911:550 min11:5548 min27 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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