Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1956

Sunday 9 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 301 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 Saturday 8 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 18:04 on Sat 8 Sep to 17:41 on Sun 9 Sep.

    1956-09-08T10:04:18Z → 1956-09-09T09:40:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 8th, 11:51–12:39 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 18079 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1956: Sunday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1956 falls on Sunday 9 September. Pañcamī runs from 18:04 on Sat 8 Sep to 17:41 on Sun 9 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:04 → 02:4112:2648 min12:260 min8 Sep
Chicago05:04 → 04:4112:2448 min12:230 min8 Sep
Jersey City06:04 → 05:4112:3048 min12:290 min8 Sep
Port of Spain06:04 → 05:4111:4048 min11:390 min8 Sep
London11:04 → 10:4112:3448 min12:330 min8 Sep
Durban12:04 → 11:4111:3013 min11:2911 min8 Sep
Dubai14:04 → 13:4111:520 min11:5248 min9 Sep
Delhi15:34 → 15:1111:550 min11:5448 min9 Sep
Kolkata15:34 → 15:1111:100 min11:1048 min9 Sep
Singapore17:34 → 17:1112:080 min12:0848 min9 Sep
Sydney20:04 → 19:4111:290 min11:2948 min9 Sep
Suva22:04 → 21:4111:400 min11:4048 min9 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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