Monday 27 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pañcamī runs from 10:56 on Mon 27 Aug to 12:37 on Tue 28 Aug.

   1979-08-27T02:56:10Z → 1979-08-28T04:37:19Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

   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 27th and 42 of 48 on the 28th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the cited authorities disagree. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: disputed → greater-coverage · margin 357 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1979: Monday 27 August.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-disputed)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1979 falls on Monday 27 August. Pañcamī runs from 10:56 on Mon 27 Aug to 12:37 on Tue 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 42 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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