Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2089

Tuesday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 435 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 Tuesday 15 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 Wednesday 16 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 04:36 on Tue 15 Feb to 04:54 on Wed 16 Feb.

    2089-02-14T20:36:00Z → 2089-02-15T20:54:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 15th, 12:09–12:57 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 26071 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2089: Tuesday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2089 falls on Tuesday 15 February. Pañcamī runs from 04:36 on Tue 15 Feb to 04:54 on Wed 16 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2089/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:36 → 12:5411:430 min11:4348 min15 Feb
Chicago14:36 → 14:5411:410 min11:4148 min15 Feb
Jersey City15:36 → 15:5411:470 min11:4748 min15 Feb
Port of Spain16:36 → 16:5411:560 min11:5648 min15 Feb
London20:36 → 20:5411:510 min11:5148 min15 Feb
Durban22:36 → 22:5411:460 min11:4648 min15 Feb
Dubai00:36 → 00:5412:090 min12:0948 min15 Feb
Delhi02:06 → 02:2412:120 min12:1148 min15 Feb
Kolkata02:06 → 02:2411:270 min11:2748 min15 Feb
Singapore04:36 → 04:5412:550 min12:5548 min15 Feb
Sydney07:36 → 07:5412:450 min12:4548 min15 Feb
Suva08:36 → 08:5411:560 min11:5648 min15 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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