Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2086

Saturday 19 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 317 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 19 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 20 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:05  12:53 madhyāhna ends
11:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:1713:41

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 06:49 on Sat 19 Jan to 03:57 on Sun 20 Jan.

    2086-01-18T22:48:34Z → 2086-01-19T19:57:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:05–12:53 on the 19th, 12:05–12:53 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 18997 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2086: Saturday 19 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2086 falls on Saturday 19 January. Pañcamī runs from 06:49 on Sat 19 Jan to 03:57 on Sun 20 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:49 → 11:5711:400 min11:4017 min19 Jan
Chicago16:49 → 13:5711:380 min11:3848 min19 Jan
Jersey City17:49 → 14:5711:430 min11:4448 min19 Jan
Port of Spain18:49 → 15:5711:530 min11:5348 min19 Jan
London22:49 → 19:5711:470 min11:4848 min19 Jan
Durban00:49 → 21:5711:420 min11:4348 min19 Jan
Dubai02:49 → 23:5712:050 min12:0648 min19 Jan
Delhi04:19 → 01:2712:080 min12:0848 min19 Jan
Kolkata04:19 → 01:2711:230 min11:2448 min19 Jan
Singapore06:49 → 03:5712:510 min12:5148 min19 Jan
Sydney09:49 → 06:5712:420 min12:4248 min19 Jan
Suva10:49 → 07:5711:530 min11:5348 min19 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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