Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1997

Sunday 7 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 310 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 Saturday 6 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 7 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 17:50 on Sat 6 Sep to 19:39 on Sun 7 Sep.

    1997-09-06T09:50:10Z → 1997-09-07T11:38:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 6th, 11:52–12:40 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 18596 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1997: Sunday 7 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1997 falls on Sunday 7 September. Pañcamī runs from 17:50 on Sat 6 Sep to 19:39 on Sun 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:50 → 04:3912:2748 min12:270 min6 Sep
Chicago04:50 → 06:3912:2448 min12:240 min6 Sep
Jersey City05:50 → 07:3912:3048 min12:300 min6 Sep
Port of Spain05:50 → 07:3911:4048 min11:400 min6 Sep
London10:50 → 12:3912:3448 min12:345 min6 Sep
Durban11:50 → 13:3911:3028 min11:3048 min7 Sep
Dubai13:50 → 15:3911:530 min11:5348 min7 Sep
Delhi15:20 → 17:0911:550 min11:5548 min7 Sep
Kolkata15:20 → 17:0911:110 min11:1048 min7 Sep
Singapore17:50 → 19:3912:390 min12:3948 min7 Sep
Sydney19:50 → 21:3911:300 min11:3048 min7 Sep
Suva21:50 → 23:3911:410 min11:4148 min7 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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