Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2095

Wednesday 9 February

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 43 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 9 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:58:28
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

48 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 15:49 on Tue 8 Feb to 12:58 on Wed 9 Feb.

    2095-02-08T07:48:50Z → 2095-02-09T04:58:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 8th, 12:09–12:57 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 103 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2095: Wednesday 9 February.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2095 falls on Wednesday 9 February. Pañcamī runs from 15:49 on Tue 8 Feb to 12:58 on Wed 9 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 43 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:49 → 20:5811:4448 min11:440 min8 Feb
Chicago01:49 → 22:5811:4148 min11:410 min8 Feb
Jersey City02:49 → 23:5811:4748 min11:470 min8 Feb
Port of Spain03:49 → 00:5811:5648 min11:570 min8 Feb
London07:49 → 04:5811:5148 min11:510 min8 Feb
Durban09:49 → 06:5811:4648 min11:460 min8 Feb
Dubai11:49 → 08:5812:0948 min12:090 min8 Feb
Delhi13:19 → 10:2812:120 min12:120 min9 Feb
Kolkata13:19 → 10:2811:270 min11:270 min9 Feb
Singapore15:49 → 12:5812:550 min12:554 min9 Feb
Sydney18:49 → 15:5812:450 min12:4548 min9 Feb
Suva19:49 → 16:5811:560 min11:5748 min9 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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