Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2006

Tuesday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 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 Monday 28 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:22:45
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 29 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 13:23 on Mon 28 Aug to 15:39 on Tue 29 Aug.

    2006-08-28T05:22:46Z → 2006-08-29T07:38:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 2375 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2006: Tuesday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2006 falls on Tuesday 29 August. Pañcamī runs from 13:23 on Mon 28 Aug to 15:39 on Tue 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:23 → 00:3912:3048 min12:300 min28 Aug
Chicago00:23 → 02:3912:2748 min12:270 min28 Aug
Jersey City01:23 → 03:3912:3348 min12:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain01:23 → 03:3911:4348 min11:430 min28 Aug
London06:23 → 08:3912:3748 min12:370 min28 Aug
Durban07:23 → 09:3911:3348 min11:330 min28 Aug
Dubai09:23 → 11:3911:5648 min11:560 min28 Aug
Delhi10:53 → 13:0911:5848 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata10:53 → 13:0911:1448 min11:1348 min28 Aug
Singapore13:23 → 15:3912:427 min12:4248 min29 Aug
Sydney15:23 → 17:3911:330 min11:3248 min29 Aug
Suva17:23 → 19:3911:440 min11:4448 min29 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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