Friday 24 January

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

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 572 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Vasanta Pañcamī, Daqing, 2053: Friday 24 January.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Vasanta 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; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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