Wednesday 22 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pañcamī runs from 11:35 on Wed 22 Aug to 13:16 on Thu 23 Aug.

   1917-08-22T03:35:23Z → 1917-08-23T05:16:04Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

   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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the cited authorities disagree. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: disputed → greater-coverage · margin 1284 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1917: Wednesday 22 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-disputed)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1917 falls on Wednesday 22 August. Pañcamī runs from 11:35 on Wed 22 Aug to 13:16 on Thu 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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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