Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2000

Saturday 2 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 104 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 Saturday 2 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 10:10 on Sat 2 Sep to 09:50 on Sun 3 Sep.

    2000-09-02T02:09:46Z → 2000-09-03T01:49:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 6222 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2000: Saturday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2000 falls on Saturday 2 September. Pañcamī runs from 10:10 on Sat 2 Sep to 09:50 on Sun 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:10 → 18:5012:2848 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago21:10 → 20:5012:2648 min12:250 min2 Sep
Jersey City22:10 → 21:5012:3148 min12:310 min2 Sep
Port of Spain22:10 → 21:5011:4148 min11:410 min2 Sep
London03:10 → 02:5012:3648 min12:350 min2 Sep
Durban04:10 → 03:5011:3248 min11:310 min2 Sep
Dubai06:10 → 05:5011:5448 min11:540 min2 Sep
Delhi07:40 → 07:2011:5648 min11:560 min2 Sep
Kolkata07:40 → 07:2011:1248 min11:120 min2 Sep
Singapore10:10 → 09:5012:4048 min12:400 min2 Sep
Sydney13:10 → 12:5012:319 min12:3119 min3 Sep
Suva14:10 → 13:5011:420 min11:4248 min3 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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