Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1913

Friday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 4 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:25:55
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

33 of 48 minutes covered, the first 33

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 14:54 on Thu 4 Sep to 12:26 on Fri 5 Sep.

    1913-09-04T06:54:01Z → 1913-09-05T04:25:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:53–12:41 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 33 of 48 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 887 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1913: Friday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1913 falls on Friday 5 September. Pañcamī runs from 14:54 on Thu 4 Sep to 12:26 on Fri 5 Sep and covers 33 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rishi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Disputed
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 5 Rsi pancami (madhyahnavyapini) — If occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed according to Madhava on the 1st day and according to Hemadri and Divodasa on the 2nd day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:54 → 20:2611:2848 min11:270 min4 Sep
Chicago00:54 → 22:2611:2548 min11:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City01:54 → 23:2611:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain02:54 → 00:2611:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London06:54 → 04:2611:3548 min11:350 min4 Sep
Durban08:54 → 06:2611:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Dubai10:35 → 08:0711:3548 min11:340 min4 Sep
Delhi12:24 → 09:5611:5620 min11:560 min4 Sep
Kolkata12:24 → 09:5611:120 min11:110 min5 Sep
Singapore13:54 → 11:2611:400 min11:390 min5 Sep
Sydney16:54 → 14:2611:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva18:49 → 16:2111:370 min11:3648 min5 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rishi-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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