Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1963

Saturday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 369 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 23 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 18:54 on Fri 23 Aug to 20:56 on Sat 24 Aug.

    1963-08-23T10:53:43Z → 1963-08-24T12:56:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 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 22144 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1963: Saturday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1963 falls on Saturday 24 August. Pañcamī runs from 18:54 on Fri 23 Aug to 20:56 on Sat 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 Angeles03:54 → 05:5612:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago05:54 → 07:5612:2948 min12:290 min23 Aug
Jersey City06:54 → 08:5612:3548 min12:340 min23 Aug
Port of Spain06:54 → 08:5611:4548 min11:440 min23 Aug
London11:54 → 13:5612:3948 min12:3848 min23 Aug
Durban12:54 → 14:5611:350 min11:3548 min24 Aug
Dubai14:54 → 16:5611:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi16:24 → 18:2612:000 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata16:24 → 18:2611:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore18:24 → 20:2612:130 min12:1348 min24 Aug
Sydney20:54 → 22:5611:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva22:54 → 00:5611:450 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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