Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1933

Friday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:19:29
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

25 of 48 minutes covered, the last 25

Midday of Saturday 26 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 12:19 on Fri 25 Aug to 10:57 on Sat 26 Aug.

    1933-08-25T04:19:29Z → 1933-08-26T02:57:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 25 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 1410 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1933: Friday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1933 falls on Friday 25 August. Pañcamī runs from 12:19 on Fri 25 Aug to 10:57 on Sat 26 Aug and covers 25 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:19 → 18:5711:3148 min11:300 min25 Aug
Chicago23:19 → 21:5712:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City00:19 → 22:5712:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain00:19 → 22:5711:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London05:19 → 03:5712:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban06:19 → 04:5711:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai08:19 → 06:5711:5748 min11:560 min25 Aug
Delhi09:49 → 08:2711:5948 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata09:49 → 08:2711:1548 min11:140 min25 Aug
Singapore11:39 → 10:1712:0348 min12:020 min25 Aug
Sydney14:19 → 12:5711:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva16:19 → 14:5711:450 min11:4448 min26 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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