Midday of Wednesday 16 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
Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2078
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 106 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 16 February
Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 17 February
Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 10:22 on Wed 16 Feb to 07:42 on Thu 17 Feb.
2078-02-16T02:22:09Z → 2078-02-16T23:42:02Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 16th, 12:08–12:56 on the 17th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6385 s
Ruling
Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2078: Wednesday 16 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2078 falls on Wednesday 16 February. Pañcamī runs from 10:22 on Wed 16 Feb to 07:42 on Thu 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 16 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 16 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 16 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vasanta-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Sri Pancami (purvaviddha), Sarasvati puja (Bengal), Vasanta pancami, Madana pancami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:22 → 15:42 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Chicago | 20:22 → 17:42 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Jersey City | 21:22 → 18:42 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 22:22 → 19:42 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| London | 02:22 → 23:42 | 11:51 | 48 min | 11:51 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Durban | 04:22 → 01:42 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Dubai | 06:22 → 03:42 | 12:09 | 48 min | 12:09 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Delhi | 07:52 → 05:12 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Kolkata | 07:52 → 05:12 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Singapore | 10:22 → 07:42 | 12:55 | 48 min | 12:55 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Sydney | 13:22 → 10:42 | 12:45 | 11 min | 12:45 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Suva | 14:22 → 11:42 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 17 Feb |