Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1990

Saturday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 474 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 Friday 24 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 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 21:39 on Fri 24 Aug to 23:07 on Sat 25 Aug.

    1990-08-24T12:38:36Z → 1990-08-25T14:06:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 24th, 12:56–13:44 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 28456 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1990: Saturday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1990 falls on Saturday 25 August. Pañcamī runs from 21:39 on Fri 24 Aug to 23:07 on Sat 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:39 → 07:0712:3148 min12:310 min24 Aug
Chicago07:39 → 09:0712:2948 min12:280 min24 Aug
Jersey City08:39 → 10:0712:3448 min12:340 min24 Aug
Port of Spain08:39 → 10:0711:4448 min11:440 min24 Aug
London13:39 → 15:0712:380 min12:3848 min25 Aug
Durban14:39 → 16:0711:350 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Dubai16:39 → 18:0711:570 min11:5748 min25 Aug
Delhi18:09 → 19:3711:590 min11:5948 min25 Aug
Kolkata18:09 → 19:3711:150 min11:1548 min25 Aug
Singapore20:39 → 22:0712:430 min12:4348 min25 Aug
Sydney22:39 → 00:0711:340 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Suva00:39 → 02:0711:450 min11:4548 min25 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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