Saturday 12 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pañcamī runs from 12:34 on Sat 12 Feb to 13:13 on Sun 13 Feb.

   1921-02-12T07:04:09Z → 1921-02-13T07:43:09Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 12th, 12:35–13:23 on the 13th.

   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 12th and 38 of 48 on the 13th.

   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 31 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Vasanta Pañcamī, Multan, 1921: Saturday 12 February.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Vasanta Pañcamī 1921 falls on Saturday 12 February. Pañcamī runs from 12:34 on Sat 12 Feb to 13:13 on Sun 13 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 38 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 31 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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