Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1946

Saturday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 404 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

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 04:48 on Sat 31 Aug to 06:10 on Sun 1 Sep.

    1946-08-30T19:47:48Z → 1946-08-31T21:09:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:54–13:42 on the 31st, 12:54–13:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 24246 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1946: Saturday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1946 falls on Saturday 31 August. Pañcamī runs from 04:48 on Sat 31 Aug to 06:10 on Sun 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:48 → 13:1011:2930 min11:2948 min31 Aug
Chicago14:48 → 16:1012:270 min12:2748 min31 Aug
Jersey City15:48 → 17:1012:330 min12:3248 min31 Aug
Port of Spain15:48 → 17:1011:430 min11:4248 min31 Aug
London20:48 → 22:1012:370 min12:3648 min31 Aug
Durban21:48 → 23:1011:330 min11:3348 min31 Aug
Dubai23:48 → 01:1011:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi01:18 → 02:4011:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata01:18 → 02:4011:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore03:18 → 04:4012:110 min12:1148 min31 Aug
Sydney05:48 → 07:1011:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva07:48 → 09:1011:430 min11:4348 min31 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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