Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2093

Saturday 31 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 593 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 31 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 02:15 on Sat 31 Jan to 01:37 on Sun 1 Feb.

    2093-01-30T18:15:12Z → 2093-01-31T17:36:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 31st, 12:08–12:56 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 35569 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2093: Saturday 31 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2093 falls on Saturday 31 January. Pañcamī runs from 02:15 on Sat 31 Jan to 01:37 on Sun 1 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2093/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:15 → 09:3711:4348 min11:430 min30 Jan
Chicago12:15 → 11:3711:4013 min11:410 min30 Jan
Jersey City13:15 → 12:3711:460 min11:4648 min31 Jan
Port of Spain14:15 → 13:3711:560 min11:5648 min31 Jan
London18:15 → 17:3711:500 min11:5148 min31 Jan
Durban20:15 → 19:3711:450 min11:4548 min31 Jan
Dubai22:15 → 21:3712:080 min12:0948 min31 Jan
Delhi23:45 → 23:0712:110 min12:1148 min31 Jan
Kolkata23:45 → 23:0711:260 min11:2648 min31 Jan
Singapore02:15 → 01:3712:540 min12:5448 min31 Jan
Sydney05:15 → 04:3712:440 min12:4548 min31 Jan
Suva06:15 → 05:3711:560 min11:5648 min31 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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