Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1939

Sunday 17 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 240 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 Sunday 17 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 07:48 on Sun 17 Sep to 06:28 on Mon 18 Sep.

    1939-09-16T23:48:27Z → 1939-09-17T22:28:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 17th, 11:48–12:36 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 14415 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1939: Sunday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1939 falls on Sunday 17 September. Pañcamī runs from 07:48 on Sun 17 Sep to 06:28 on Mon 18 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:48 → 14:2811:240 min11:2348 min17 Sep
Chicago18:48 → 17:2812:210 min12:2148 min17 Sep
Jersey City19:48 → 18:2812:270 min12:2748 min17 Sep
Port of Spain19:48 → 18:2811:370 min11:3748 min17 Sep
London00:48 → 23:2812:310 min12:3148 min17 Sep
Durban01:48 → 00:2811:270 min11:2748 min17 Sep
Dubai03:48 → 02:2811:500 min11:4948 min17 Sep
Delhi05:18 → 03:5811:520 min11:5248 min17 Sep
Kolkata05:18 → 03:5811:080 min11:0748 min17 Sep
Singapore07:08 → 05:4811:560 min11:5548 min17 Sep
Sydney09:48 → 08:2811:270 min11:2648 min17 Sep
Suva11:48 → 10:2811:380 min11:3737 min17 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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