Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1940

Friday 6 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 439 minutes.

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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 Thursday 5 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 6 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:52  13:40 madhyāhna ends
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28

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 23:41 on Thu 5 Sep to 20:59 on Fri 6 Sep.

    1940-09-05T14:41:23Z → 1940-09-06T11:59:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:53–13:41 on the 5th, 12:52–13:40 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 26331 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1940: Friday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1940 falls on Friday 6 September. Pañcamī runs from 23:41 on Thu 5 Sep to 20:59 on Fri 6 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1940/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:41 → 03:5911:2748 min11:270 min5 Sep
Chicago09:41 → 06:5912:2548 min12:240 min5 Sep
Jersey City10:41 → 07:5912:3148 min12:300 min5 Sep
Port of Spain10:41 → 07:5911:4148 min11:400 min5 Sep
London15:41 → 12:5912:350 min12:3425 min6 Sep
Durban16:41 → 13:5911:310 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Dubai18:41 → 15:5911:530 min11:5348 min6 Sep
Delhi20:11 → 17:2911:560 min11:5548 min6 Sep
Kolkata20:11 → 17:2911:110 min11:1148 min6 Sep
Singapore22:01 → 19:1911:590 min11:5948 min6 Sep
Sydney00:41 → 21:5911:300 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Suva02:41 → 23:5911:410 min11:4148 min6 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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