Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1972

Tuesday 12 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 162 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 12 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 06:48 on Tue 12 Sep to 09:08 on Wed 13 Sep.

    1972-09-11T22:47:42Z → 1972-09-13T01:08:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 12th, 11:50–12:38 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 9703 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1972: Tuesday 12 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1972 falls on Tuesday 12 September. Pañcamī runs from 06:48 on Tue 12 Sep to 09:08 on Wed 13 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:48 → 18:0812:250 min12:240 min12 Sep
Chicago17:48 → 20:0812:230 min12:220 min12 Sep
Jersey City18:48 → 21:0812:280 min12:280 min12 Sep
Port of Spain18:48 → 21:0811:380 min11:380 min12 Sep
London23:48 → 02:0812:330 min12:320 min12 Sep
Durban00:48 → 03:0811:290 min11:280 min12 Sep
Dubai02:48 → 05:0811:510 min11:500 min12 Sep
Delhi04:18 → 06:3811:530 min11:530 min12 Sep
Kolkata04:18 → 06:3811:090 min11:080 min12 Sep
Singapore06:18 → 08:3812:070 min12:070 min12 Sep
Sydney08:48 → 11:0811:280 min11:270 min12 Sep
Suva10:48 → 13:0811:390 min11:3848 min12 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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