Saturday 8 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pañcamī runs from 11:04 on Sat 8 Feb to 12:07 on Sun 9 Feb.

   1992-02-08T03:04:24Z → 1992-02-09T04:06:32Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:30–12:18 on the 8th, 11:31–12:19 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 36 of 48 on the 9th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 720 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Vasanta Pañcamī, Daqing, 1992: Saturday 8 February.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vasanta Pañcamī 1992 falls on Saturday 8 February. Pañcamī runs from 11:04 on Sat 8 Feb to 12:07 on Sun 9 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 36 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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