Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1916

Saturday 2 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 477 minutes.

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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 Saturday 2 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 03:57 on Sat 2 Sep to 03:28 on Sun 3 Sep.

    1916-09-01T19:56:36Z → 1916-09-02T19:28:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 28620 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1916: Saturday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1916 falls on Saturday 2 September. Pañcamī runs from 03:57 on Sat 2 Sep to 03:28 on Sun 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:57 → 11:2811:2920 min11:280 min1 Sep
Chicago13:57 → 13:2811:260 min11:2648 min2 Sep
Jersey City14:57 → 14:2811:320 min11:3248 min2 Sep
Port of Spain15:57 → 15:2811:420 min11:4248 min2 Sep
London20:57 → 20:2812:360 min12:3648 min2 Sep
Durban21:57 → 21:2811:320 min11:3248 min2 Sep
Dubai23:38 → 23:0911:360 min11:3548 min2 Sep
Delhi01:27 → 00:5811:570 min11:5748 min2 Sep
Kolkata01:27 → 00:5811:120 min11:1248 min2 Sep
Singapore02:57 → 02:2811:410 min11:4048 min2 Sep
Sydney05:57 → 05:2811:320 min11:3148 min2 Sep
Suva07:57 → 07:2811:430 min11:4248 min2 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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