Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2001

Thursday 23 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 342 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 Wednesday 22 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 20:49 on Wed 22 Aug to 18:27 on Thu 23 Aug.

    2001-08-22T12:48:40Z → 2001-08-23T10:26:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 20546 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2001: Thursday 23 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2001 falls on Thursday 23 August. Pañcamī runs from 20:49 on Wed 22 Aug to 18:27 on Thu 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:49 → 03:2712:3148 min12:310 min22 Aug
Chicago07:49 → 05:2712:2948 min12:290 min22 Aug
Jersey City08:49 → 06:2712:3548 min12:350 min22 Aug
Port of Spain08:49 → 06:2711:4548 min11:450 min22 Aug
London13:49 → 11:2712:390 min12:390 min23 Aug
Durban14:49 → 12:2711:350 min11:3548 min23 Aug
Dubai16:49 → 14:2711:570 min11:5748 min23 Aug
Delhi18:19 → 15:5712:000 min12:0048 min23 Aug
Kolkata18:19 → 15:5711:150 min11:1548 min23 Aug
Singapore20:49 → 18:2712:440 min12:4348 min23 Aug
Sydney22:49 → 20:2711:340 min11:3448 min23 Aug
Suva00:49 → 22:2711:450 min11:4548 min23 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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