Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1969

Tuesday 16 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 481 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 Tuesday 16 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 03:47 on Tue 16 Sep to 02:41 on Wed 17 Sep.

    1969-09-15T19:47:23Z → 1969-09-16T18:41:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 16th, 11:48–12:36 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 28885 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1969: Tuesday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1969 falls on Tuesday 16 September. Pañcamī runs from 03:47 on Tue 16 Sep to 02:41 on Wed 17 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:47 → 11:4112:2424 min12:230 min15 Sep
Chicago14:47 → 13:4112:210 min12:2148 min16 Sep
Jersey City15:47 → 14:4112:270 min12:2748 min16 Sep
Port of Spain15:47 → 14:4111:370 min11:3748 min16 Sep
London20:47 → 19:4112:310 min12:3148 min16 Sep
Durban21:47 → 20:4111:270 min11:2748 min16 Sep
Dubai23:47 → 22:4111:500 min11:5048 min16 Sep
Delhi01:17 → 00:1111:520 min11:5248 min16 Sep
Kolkata01:17 → 00:1111:080 min11:0748 min16 Sep
Singapore03:17 → 02:1112:060 min12:0648 min16 Sep
Sydney05:47 → 04:4111:270 min11:2648 min16 Sep
Suva07:47 → 06:4111:380 min11:3748 min16 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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