Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1929

Sunday 8 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 97 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 7 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 8 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 14:17 on Sat 7 Sep to 14:46 on Sun 8 Sep.

    1929-09-07T06:17:26Z → 1929-09-08T06:46:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 7th, 11:52–12:40 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 5844 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1929: Sunday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1929 falls on Sunday 8 September. Pañcamī runs from 14:17 on Sat 7 Sep to 14:46 on Sun 8 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:17 → 22:4611:2748 min11:260 min7 Sep
Chicago01:17 → 01:4612:2448 min12:240 min7 Sep
Jersey City02:17 → 02:4612:3048 min12:300 min7 Sep
Port of Spain02:17 → 02:4611:4048 min11:400 min7 Sep
London07:17 → 07:4612:3448 min12:340 min7 Sep
Durban08:17 → 08:4611:3048 min11:300 min7 Sep
Dubai10:17 → 10:4611:5348 min11:520 min7 Sep
Delhi11:47 → 12:1611:5548 min11:5522 min7 Sep
Kolkata11:47 → 12:1611:1111 min11:1048 min8 Sep
Singapore13:17 → 13:4611:390 min11:3848 min8 Sep
Sydney16:17 → 16:4611:300 min11:2948 min8 Sep
Suva18:17 → 18:4611:410 min11:4048 min8 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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