Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 2002

Sunday 17 February

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 17 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:30  12:18 madhyāhna ends
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:30  12:18 madhyāhna ends
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06

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 01:32 on Sun 17 Feb to 03:55 on Mon 18 Feb.

    2002-02-16T17:32:20Z → 2002-02-17T19:55:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:30–12:18 on the 17th, 11:30–12:18 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 27310 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Daqing, 2002: Sunday 17 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Śrī Pañcamī 2002 falls on Sunday 17 February. Pañcamī runs from 01:32 on Sun 17 Feb to 03:55 on Mon 18 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2002/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shri-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:32 → 11:5511:4348 min11:4312 min16 Feb
Chicago11:32 → 13:5511:4148 min11:4148 min16 Feb
Jersey City12:32 → 14:5511:472 min11:4748 min16 Feb
Port of Spain13:32 → 15:5511:560 min11:5648 min17 Feb
London17:32 → 19:5511:510 min11:5148 min17 Feb
Durban19:32 → 21:5511:460 min11:4648 min17 Feb
Dubai21:32 → 23:5512:090 min12:0948 min17 Feb
Delhi23:02 → 01:2512:110 min12:1148 min17 Feb
Kolkata23:02 → 01:2511:270 min11:2748 min17 Feb
Singapore01:32 → 03:5512:550 min12:5548 min17 Feb
Sydney04:32 → 06:5512:450 min12:4548 min17 Feb
Suva05:32 → 07:5511:560 min11:5648 min17 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shri-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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