Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2007

Sunday 16 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 248 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 16 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 05:11 on Sun 16 Sep to 07:40 on Mon 17 Sep.

    2007-09-15T21:10:51Z → 2007-09-16T23:40:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 16th, 11:49–12:37 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 14889 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2007: Sunday 16 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2007 falls on Sunday 16 September. Pañcamī runs from 05:11 on Sun 16 Sep to 07:40 on Mon 17 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:11 → 16:4012:240 min12:2448 min16 Sep
Chicago16:11 → 18:4012:210 min12:2148 min16 Sep
Jersey City17:11 → 19:4012:270 min12:2748 min16 Sep
Port of Spain17:11 → 19:4011:370 min11:3748 min16 Sep
London22:11 → 00:4012:310 min12:3148 min16 Sep
Durban23:11 → 01:4011:270 min11:2748 min16 Sep
Dubai01:11 → 03:4011:500 min11:5048 min16 Sep
Delhi02:41 → 05:1011:520 min11:5248 min16 Sep
Kolkata02:41 → 05:1011:080 min11:0748 min16 Sep
Singapore05:11 → 07:4012:360 min12:3648 min16 Sep
Sydney07:11 → 09:4011:270 min11:2748 min16 Sep
Suva09:11 → 11:4011:380 min11:3848 min16 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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