Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1976

Sunday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 248 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 29 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 30 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 07:47 on Sun 29 Aug to 05:06 on Mon 30 Aug.

    1976-08-28T23:46:34Z → 1976-08-29T21:05:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:54–12:42 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 14891 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1976: Sunday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1976 falls on Sunday 29 August. Pañcamī runs from 07:47 on Sun 29 Aug to 05:06 on Mon 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:47 → 14:0612:300 min12:2948 min29 Aug
Chicago18:47 → 16:0612:270 min12:2748 min29 Aug
Jersey City19:47 → 17:0612:330 min12:3348 min29 Aug
Port of Spain19:47 → 17:0611:430 min11:4348 min29 Aug
London00:47 → 22:0612:370 min12:3748 min29 Aug
Durban01:47 → 23:0611:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Dubai03:47 → 01:0611:560 min11:5548 min29 Aug
Delhi05:17 → 02:3611:580 min11:5848 min29 Aug
Kolkata05:17 → 02:3611:140 min11:1348 min29 Aug
Singapore07:17 → 04:3612:120 min12:1248 min29 Aug
Sydney09:47 → 07:0611:330 min11:3248 min29 Aug
Suva11:47 → 09:0611:440 min11:4345 min29 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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