Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2016

Tuesday 6 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 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 Tuesday 6 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 23:39 on Mon 5 Sep to 02:06 on Wed 7 Sep.

    2016-09-05T15:39:28Z → 2016-09-06T18:05:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 6th, 11:52–12:40 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 35153 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2016: Tuesday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2016 falls on Tuesday 6 September. Pañcamī runs from 23:39 on Mon 5 Sep to 02:06 on Wed 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:39 → 11:0612:2748 min12:270 min5 Sep
Chicago10:39 → 13:0612:2548 min12:2442 min5 Sep
Jersey City11:39 → 14:0612:3048 min12:3048 min5 Sep
Port of Spain11:39 → 14:0611:4048 min11:4048 min5 Sep
London16:39 → 19:0612:350 min12:3448 min6 Sep
Durban17:39 → 20:0611:310 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Dubai19:39 → 22:0611:530 min11:5348 min6 Sep
Delhi21:09 → 23:3611:550 min11:5548 min6 Sep
Kolkata21:09 → 23:3611:110 min11:1148 min6 Sep
Singapore23:39 → 02:0612:390 min12:3948 min6 Sep
Sydney01:39 → 04:0611:300 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Suva03:39 → 06:0611:410 min11:4148 min6 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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