Ruling · Śrī Pañcamī · 2025

Monday 3 February

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 2 February

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 3 February

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:23:15
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 15:45 on Sun 2 Feb to 13:23 on Mon 3 Feb.

    2025-02-02T03:44:58Z → 2025-02-03T01:23:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 2nd, 11:56–12:44 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2359 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Pañcamī, Suva, 2025: Monday 3 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Śrī Pañcamī 2025 falls on Monday 3 February. Pañcamī runs from 15:45 on Sun 2 Feb to 13:23 on Mon 3 Feb and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2025/shri-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 Feb
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:45 → 17:2311:4348 min11:430 min2 Feb
Chicago21:45 → 19:2311:4148 min11:410 min2 Feb
Jersey City22:45 → 20:2311:4648 min11:460 min2 Feb
Port of Spain23:45 → 21:2311:5648 min11:560 min2 Feb
London03:45 → 01:2311:5148 min11:510 min2 Feb
Durban05:45 → 03:2311:4548 min11:450 min2 Feb
Dubai07:45 → 05:2312:0948 min12:090 min2 Feb
Delhi09:15 → 06:5312:1148 min12:110 min2 Feb
Kolkata09:15 → 06:5311:2648 min11:260 min2 Feb
Singapore11:45 → 09:2312:5448 min12:540 min2 Feb
Sydney14:45 → 12:2312:450 min12:450 min3 Feb
Suva15:45 → 13:2311:560 min11:5648 min3 Feb
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