Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2015

Friday 18 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 542 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 Friday 18 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

Midday of Saturday 19 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 00:51 on Fri 18 Sep to 02:46 on Sat 19 Sep.

    2015-09-17T16:50:41Z → 2015-09-18T18:46:16Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 0 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 32494 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2015: Friday 18 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2015 falls on Friday 18 September. Pañcamī runs from 00:51 on Fri 18 Sep to 02:46 on Sat 19 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 18 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 18 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:51 → 11:4612:2348 min12:230 min17 Sep
Chicago11:51 → 13:4612:2148 min12:2048 min17 Sep
Jersey City12:51 → 14:4612:2624 min12:2648 min18 Sep
Port of Spain12:51 → 14:4611:370 min11:3648 min18 Sep
London17:51 → 19:4612:310 min12:3048 min18 Sep
Durban18:51 → 20:4611:270 min11:2648 min18 Sep
Dubai20:51 → 22:4611:490 min11:4948 min18 Sep
Delhi22:21 → 00:1611:520 min11:5148 min18 Sep
Kolkata22:21 → 00:1611:070 min11:0748 min18 Sep
Singapore00:51 → 02:4612:350 min12:3548 min18 Sep
Sydney02:51 → 04:4611:260 min11:2648 min18 Sep
Suva04:51 → 06:4611:370 min11:3748 min18 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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