Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1980

Sunday 14 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 353 minutes.

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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 Sunday 14 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 Monday 15 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 03:37 on Sun 14 Sep to 05:56 on Mon 15 Sep.

    1980-09-13T19:37:13Z → 1980-09-14T21:55:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 21196 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1980: Sunday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1980 falls on Sunday 14 September. Pañcamī runs from 03:37 on Sun 14 Sep to 05:56 on Mon 15 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1980/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:37 → 14:5612:2435 min12:2448 min14 Sep
Chicago14:37 → 16:5612:220 min12:2248 min14 Sep
Jersey City15:37 → 17:5612:280 min12:2748 min14 Sep
Port of Spain15:37 → 17:5611:380 min11:3748 min14 Sep
London20:37 → 22:5612:320 min12:3148 min14 Sep
Durban21:37 → 23:5611:280 min11:2848 min14 Sep
Dubai23:37 → 01:5611:500 min11:5048 min14 Sep
Delhi01:07 → 03:2611:530 min11:5248 min14 Sep
Kolkata01:07 → 03:2611:080 min11:0848 min14 Sep
Singapore03:07 → 05:2612:070 min12:0648 min14 Sep
Sydney05:37 → 07:5611:270 min11:2748 min14 Sep
Suva07:37 → 09:5611:380 min11:3848 min14 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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