Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2087

Friday 7 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 99 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 Friday 7 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 Saturday 8 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 10:30 on Fri 7 Feb to 07:59 on Sat 8 Feb.

    2087-02-07T02:29:39Z → 2087-02-07T23:59:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 7th, 12:09–12:57 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 5938 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2087: Friday 7 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2087 falls on Friday 7 February. Pañcamī runs from 10:30 on Fri 7 Feb to 07:59 on Sat 8 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2087/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:30 → 15:5911:4348 min11:430 min7 Feb
Chicago20:30 → 17:5911:4148 min11:410 min7 Feb
Jersey City21:30 → 18:5911:4748 min11:470 min7 Feb
Port of Spain22:30 → 19:5911:5648 min11:560 min7 Feb
London02:30 → 23:5911:5148 min11:510 min7 Feb
Durban04:30 → 01:5911:4648 min11:460 min7 Feb
Dubai06:30 → 03:5912:0948 min12:090 min7 Feb
Delhi08:00 → 05:2912:1148 min12:120 min7 Feb
Kolkata08:00 → 05:2911:2748 min11:270 min7 Feb
Singapore10:30 → 07:5912:5548 min12:550 min7 Feb
Sydney13:30 → 10:5912:453 min12:450 min7 Feb
Suva14:30 → 11:5911:560 min11:563 min8 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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