Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1952

Monday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 217 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 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 07:22 on Mon 25 Aug to 08:19 on Tue 26 Aug.

    1952-08-24T23:21:47Z → 1952-08-26T00:18:51Z

  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 48 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 13008 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1952: Monday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1952 falls on Monday 25 August. Pañcamī runs from 07:22 on Mon 25 Aug to 08:19 on Tue 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:22 → 17:1912:310 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago18:22 → 19:1912:280 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City19:22 → 20:1912:340 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain19:22 → 20:1911:440 min11:440 min25 Aug
London00:22 → 01:1912:380 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban01:22 → 02:1911:340 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai03:22 → 04:1911:570 min11:560 min25 Aug
Delhi04:52 → 05:4911:590 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata04:52 → 05:4911:150 min11:140 min25 Aug
Singapore06:52 → 07:4912:130 min12:120 min25 Aug
Sydney09:22 → 10:1911:340 min11:330 min25 Aug
Suva11:22 → 12:1911:450 min11:4435 min25 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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