Tuesday 16 February

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pañcamī runs from 10:07 on Tue 16 Feb to 12:17 on Wed 17 Feb.

   2021-02-15T22:07:26Z → 2021-02-17T00:16:39Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 16th, 11:56–12:44 on the 17th.

   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 16th and 20 of 48 on the 17th.

   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 1229 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Vasanta Pañcamī, Suva, 2021: Tuesday 16 February.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Suva, Vasanta Pañcamī 2021 falls on Tuesday 16 February. Pañcamī runs from 10:07 on Tue 16 Feb to 12:17 on Wed 17 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 20 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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