Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2083

Friday 22 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 27 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 Friday 22 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 23 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:39:00
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 10:21 on Fri 22 Jan to 11:39 on Sat 23 Jan.

    2083-01-22T02:20:49Z → 2083-01-23T03:39:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 22nd, 12:06–12:54 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 1633 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2083: Friday 22 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2083 falls on Friday 22 January. Pañcamī runs from 10:21 on Fri 22 Jan to 11:39 on Sat 23 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2083/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:21 → 19:3911:4148 min11:410 min22 Jan
Chicago20:21 → 21:3911:3948 min11:390 min22 Jan
Jersey City21:21 → 22:3911:4448 min11:450 min22 Jan
Port of Spain22:21 → 23:3911:5448 min11:540 min22 Jan
London02:21 → 03:3911:4848 min11:490 min22 Jan
Durban04:21 → 05:3911:4348 min11:440 min22 Jan
Dubai06:21 → 07:3912:0748 min12:070 min22 Jan
Delhi07:51 → 09:0912:0948 min12:090 min22 Jan
Kolkata07:51 → 09:0911:2448 min11:250 min22 Jan
Singapore10:21 → 11:3912:5248 min12:530 min22 Jan
Sydney13:21 → 14:3912:4310 min12:4348 min23 Jan
Suva14:21 → 15:3911:540 min11:5448 min23 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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