Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1944

Thursday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 82 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 23 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 24 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

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 15:06 on Wed 23 Aug to 17:16 on Thu 24 Aug.

    1944-08-23T06:06:04Z → 1944-08-24T08:15:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 23rd, 12:56–13:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 4896 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1944: Thursday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1944 falls on Thursday 24 August. Pañcamī runs from 15:06 on Wed 23 Aug to 17:16 on Thu 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:06 → 01:1612:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago01:06 → 03:1612:2948 min12:280 min23 Aug
Jersey City02:06 → 04:1612:3448 min12:340 min23 Aug
Port of Spain03:06 → 05:1612:4548 min12:440 min23 Aug
London08:06 → 10:1613:3948 min13:380 min23 Aug
Durban08:06 → 10:1611:3548 min11:340 min23 Aug
Dubai10:06 → 12:1611:5748 min11:5719 min23 Aug
Delhi12:36 → 14:4612:5948 min12:5948 min23 Aug
Kolkata12:36 → 14:4612:1527 min12:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore15:06 → 17:1613:430 min13:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney16:06 → 18:1611:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva18:06 → 20:1611:450 min11:4548 min24 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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