Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2096

Sunday 29 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 95 minutes.

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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 Sunday 29 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 Monday 30 January

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 10:33 on Sun 29 Jan to 08:20 on Mon 30 Jan.

    2096-01-29T02:32:44Z → 2096-01-30T00:20:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 29th, 12:08–12:56 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 5691 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2096: Sunday 29 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2096 falls on Sunday 29 January. Pañcamī runs from 10:33 on Sun 29 Jan to 08:20 on Mon 30 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:33 → 16:2011:4348 min11:430 min29 Jan
Chicago20:33 → 18:2011:4048 min11:400 min29 Jan
Jersey City21:33 → 19:2011:4648 min11:460 min29 Jan
Port of Spain22:33 → 20:2011:5548 min11:560 min29 Jan
London02:33 → 00:2011:5048 min11:500 min29 Jan
Durban04:33 → 02:2011:4548 min11:450 min29 Jan
Dubai06:33 → 04:2012:0848 min12:080 min29 Jan
Delhi08:03 → 05:5012:1048 min12:110 min29 Jan
Kolkata08:03 → 05:5011:2648 min11:260 min29 Jan
Singapore10:33 → 08:2012:5448 min12:540 min29 Jan
Sydney13:33 → 11:2012:440 min12:440 min30 Jan
Suva14:33 → 12:2011:550 min11:5625 min30 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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