Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1994

Saturday 10 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 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 Friday 9 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:04:53
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 15:43 on Fri 9 Sep to 13:05 on Sat 10 Sep.

    1994-09-09T07:42:48Z → 1994-09-10T05:04:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 9th, 11:51–12:39 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 1556 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1994: Saturday 10 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1994 falls on Saturday 10 September. Pañcamī runs from 15:43 on Fri 9 Sep to 13:05 on Sat 10 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:43 → 22:0512:2648 min12:260 min9 Sep
Chicago02:43 → 00:0512:2448 min12:230 min9 Sep
Jersey City03:43 → 01:0512:2948 min12:290 min9 Sep
Port of Spain03:43 → 01:0511:3948 min11:390 min9 Sep
London08:43 → 06:0512:3348 min12:330 min9 Sep
Durban09:43 → 07:0511:2948 min11:290 min9 Sep
Dubai11:43 → 09:0511:5248 min11:520 min9 Sep
Delhi13:13 → 10:3511:540 min11:540 min10 Sep
Kolkata13:13 → 10:3511:100 min11:090 min10 Sep
Singapore15:43 → 13:0512:380 min12:3827 min10 Sep
Sydney17:43 → 15:0511:290 min11:2948 min10 Sep
Suva19:43 → 17:0511:400 min11:4048 min10 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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