Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 2053

Friday 24 January

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 32 s.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 24 January

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:37:53
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04

38 of 48 minutes covered, the last 38

Midday of Saturday 25 January

Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:29  12:17 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:43:00
10:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:05

14 of 48 minutes covered, the first 14

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 11:38 on Fri 24 Jan to 11:43 on Sat 25 Jan.

    2053-01-24T03:37:53Z → 2053-01-25T03:43:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 24th, 11:29–12:17 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 38 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 14 of 48 on the 25th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 572 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Daqing, 2053: Friday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Śrī Pañcamī 2053 falls on Friday 24 January. Pañcamī runs from 11:38 on Fri 24 Jan to 11:43 on Sat 25 Jan and covers 38 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 14 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2053/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 Jan
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:38 → 19:4311:4148 min11:420 min24 Jan
Chicago21:38 → 21:4311:3948 min11:390 min24 Jan
Jersey City22:38 → 22:4311:4548 min11:450 min24 Jan
Port of Spain23:38 → 23:4311:5448 min11:550 min24 Jan
London03:38 → 03:4311:4948 min11:490 min24 Jan
Durban05:38 → 05:4311:4448 min11:440 min24 Jan
Dubai07:38 → 07:4312:0748 min12:070 min24 Jan
Delhi09:08 → 09:1312:0948 min12:100 min24 Jan
Kolkata09:08 → 09:1311:2548 min11:250 min24 Jan
Singapore11:38 → 11:4312:5348 min12:530 min24 Jan
Sydney14:38 → 14:4312:430 min12:4348 min25 Jan
Suva15:38 → 15:4311:540 min11:5548 min25 Jan
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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