Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2098

Thursday 6 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 583 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 Thursday 6 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 Friday 7 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 01:27 on Thu 6 Feb to 02:25 on Fri 7 Feb.

    2098-02-05T17:26:58Z → 2098-02-06T18:25:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 6th, 12:09–12:57 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 35008 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2098: Thursday 6 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2098 falls on Thursday 6 February. Pañcamī runs from 01:27 on Thu 6 Feb to 02:25 on Fri 7 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:27 → 10:2511:4348 min11:430 min5 Feb
Chicago11:27 → 12:2511:4148 min11:4144 min5 Feb
Jersey City12:27 → 13:2511:478 min11:4748 min6 Feb
Port of Spain13:27 → 14:2511:560 min11:5648 min6 Feb
London17:27 → 18:2511:510 min11:5148 min6 Feb
Durban19:27 → 20:2511:460 min11:4648 min6 Feb
Dubai21:27 → 22:2512:090 min12:0948 min6 Feb
Delhi22:57 → 23:5512:110 min12:1248 min6 Feb
Kolkata22:57 → 23:5511:270 min11:2748 min6 Feb
Singapore01:27 → 02:2512:550 min12:5548 min6 Feb
Sydney04:27 → 05:2512:450 min12:4548 min6 Feb
Suva05:27 → 06:2511:560 min11:5648 min6 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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