Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 1998

Thursday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 26 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 17:04 on Wed 26 Aug to 19:32 on Thu 27 Aug.

    1998-08-26T09:04:29Z → 1998-08-27T11:31:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 15643 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 1998: Thursday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 1998 falls on Thursday 27 August. Pañcamī runs from 17:04 on Wed 26 Aug to 19:32 on Thu 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:04 → 04:3212:3048 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago04:04 → 06:3212:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City05:04 → 07:3212:3448 min12:330 min26 Aug
Port of Spain05:04 → 07:3211:4448 min11:440 min26 Aug
London10:04 → 12:3212:3848 min12:380 min26 Aug
Durban11:04 → 13:3211:3448 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai13:04 → 15:3211:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi14:34 → 17:0211:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata14:34 → 17:0211:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore17:04 → 19:3212:430 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney19:04 → 21:3211:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva21:04 → 23:3211:440 min11:4448 min27 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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