Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2079

Monday 6 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 436 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 6 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 Tuesday 7 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 04:52 on Mon 6 Feb to 03:29 on Tue 7 Feb.

    2079-02-05T20:52:13Z → 2079-02-06T19:29:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 6th, 12:09–12:57 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 26179 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2079: Monday 6 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2079 falls on Monday 6 February. Pañcamī runs from 04:52 on Mon 6 Feb to 03:29 on Tue 7 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:52 → 11:2911:430 min11:430 min6 Feb
Chicago14:52 → 13:2911:410 min11:4148 min6 Feb
Jersey City15:52 → 14:2911:470 min11:4748 min6 Feb
Port of Spain16:52 → 15:2911:560 min11:5648 min6 Feb
London20:52 → 19:2911:510 min11:5148 min6 Feb
Durban22:52 → 21:2911:460 min11:4648 min6 Feb
Dubai00:52 → 23:2912:090 min12:0948 min6 Feb
Delhi02:22 → 00:5912:110 min12:1148 min6 Feb
Kolkata02:22 → 00:5911:270 min11:2748 min6 Feb
Singapore04:52 → 03:2912:550 min12:5548 min6 Feb
Sydney07:52 → 06:2912:450 min12:4548 min6 Feb
Suva08:52 → 07:2911:560 min11:5648 min6 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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