Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2004

Sunday 19 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 260 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 18 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 19 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 18:36 on Sat 18 Sep to 16:55 on Sun 19 Sep.

    2004-09-18T10:36:25Z → 2004-09-19T08:55:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 18th, 11:48–12:36 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 15575 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2004: Sunday 19 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2004 falls on Sunday 19 September. Pañcamī runs from 18:36 on Sat 18 Sep to 16:55 on Sun 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:36 → 01:5512:2348 min12:220 min18 Sep
Chicago05:36 → 03:5512:2048 min12:200 min18 Sep
Jersey City06:36 → 04:5512:2648 min12:260 min18 Sep
Port of Spain06:36 → 04:5511:3648 min11:360 min18 Sep
London11:36 → 09:5512:3048 min12:300 min18 Sep
Durban12:36 → 10:5511:260 min11:260 min19 Sep
Dubai14:36 → 12:5511:490 min11:4848 min19 Sep
Delhi16:06 → 14:2511:510 min11:5148 min19 Sep
Kolkata16:06 → 14:2511:060 min11:0648 min19 Sep
Singapore18:36 → 16:5512:350 min12:3448 min19 Sep
Sydney20:36 → 18:5511:260 min11:2548 min19 Sep
Suva22:36 → 20:5511:370 min11:3648 min19 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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