Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1919

Saturday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 471 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 Saturday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 31 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

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 02:59 on Sat 30 Aug to 05:03 on Sun 31 Aug.

    1919-08-29T17:59:29Z → 1919-08-30T20:03:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 30th, 12:54–13:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 28271 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1919: Saturday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1919 falls on Saturday 30 August. Pañcamī runs from 02:59 on Sat 30 Aug to 05:03 on Sun 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 30 Aug
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:59 → 13:0312:3048 min12:2934 min29 Aug
Chicago12:59 → 15:0312:2716 min12:2748 min30 Aug
Jersey City13:59 → 16:0312:330 min12:3348 min30 Aug
Port of Spain13:59 → 16:0311:430 min11:4348 min30 Aug
London18:59 → 21:0312:370 min12:3748 min30 Aug
Durban19:59 → 22:0311:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai21:40 → 23:4411:370 min11:3648 min30 Aug
Delhi23:29 → 01:3311:580 min11:5848 min30 Aug
Kolkata23:29 → 01:3311:140 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore00:59 → 03:0311:420 min11:4248 min30 Aug
Sydney03:59 → 06:0311:330 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva05:59 → 08:0311:440 min11:4348 min30 Aug
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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