Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2099

Monday 26 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 374 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 Monday 26 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 27 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

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 03:13 on Mon 26 Jan to 05:53 on Tue 27 Jan.

    2099-01-25T19:12:50Z → 2099-01-26T21:52:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 26th, 12:07–12:55 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 22467 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Baoding, 2099: Monday 26 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2099 falls on Monday 26 January. Pañcamī runs from 03:13 on Mon 26 Jan to 05:53 on Tue 27 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2099/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:13 → 13:5311:4248 min11:4248 min25 Jan
Chicago13:13 → 15:5311:390 min11:4048 min26 Jan
Jersey City14:13 → 16:5311:450 min11:4548 min26 Jan
Port of Spain15:13 → 17:5311:550 min11:5548 min26 Jan
London19:13 → 21:5311:490 min11:5048 min26 Jan
Durban21:13 → 23:5311:440 min11:4448 min26 Jan
Dubai23:13 → 01:5312:070 min12:0848 min26 Jan
Delhi00:43 → 03:2312:100 min12:1048 min26 Jan
Kolkata00:43 → 03:2311:250 min11:2548 min26 Jan
Singapore03:13 → 05:5312:530 min12:5348 min26 Jan
Sydney06:13 → 08:5312:430 min12:4448 min26 Jan
Suva07:13 → 09:5311:550 min11:5548 min26 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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