Ruling · Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) · 2026

Friday 23 January

Determinatein Durban, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 585 minutes.

Decide it for

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29°51′ S 31°02′ E · Africa/Johannesburg · GeoNames 1007311

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 22 January

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 January

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 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 22:59 on Thu 22 Jan to 22:17 on Fri 23 Jan.

    2026-01-22T20:58:52Z → 2026-01-23T20:16:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 22nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 35102 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasanta Pañcamī, Durban, 2026: Friday 23 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Durban, Vasanta Pañcamī (Basant Panchami) 2026 falls on Friday 23 January. Pañcamī runs from 22:59 on Thu 22 Jan to 22:17 on Fri 23 Jan and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/durban/festivals/2026/vasanta-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 Jan
No institution has a recorded ruling for Durban.

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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:59 → 12:1711:410 min11:4136 min23 Jan
Chicago14:59 → 14:1711:380 min11:3948 min23 Jan
Jersey City15:59 → 15:1711:440 min11:4448 min23 Jan
Port of Spain16:59 → 16:1711:540 min11:5448 min23 Jan
London20:59 → 20:1711:480 min11:4948 min23 Jan
Durban22:59 → 22:1711:430 min11:4448 min23 Jan
Dubai00:59 → 00:1712:060 min12:0748 min23 Jan
Delhi02:29 → 01:4712:090 min12:0948 min23 Jan
Kolkata02:29 → 01:4711:240 min11:2448 min23 Jan
Singapore04:59 → 04:1712:520 min12:5248 min23 Jan
Sydney07:59 → 07:1712:420 min12:4348 min23 Jan
Suva08:59 → 08:1711:540 min11:5448 min23 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