Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2017

Saturday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 618 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 25 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 23:02 on Fri 25 Aug to 23:48 on Sat 26 Aug.

    2017-08-25T15:01:49Z → 2017-08-26T15:47:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 37073 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2017: Saturday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2017 falls on Saturday 26 August. Pañcamī runs from 23:02 on Fri 25 Aug to 23:48 on Sat 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:02 → 08:4812:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago10:02 → 10:4812:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City11:02 → 11:4812:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain11:02 → 11:4811:4448 min11:444 min25 Aug
London16:02 → 16:4812:380 min12:3848 min26 Aug
Durban17:02 → 17:4811:340 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai19:02 → 19:4811:570 min11:5648 min26 Aug
Delhi20:32 → 21:1811:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata20:32 → 21:1811:140 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore23:02 → 23:4812:430 min12:4248 min26 Aug
Sydney01:02 → 01:4811:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva03:02 → 03:4811:450 min11:4448 min26 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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