Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2021

Saturday 11 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 569 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 10 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 11 September

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 00:28 on Sat 11 Sep to 22:08 on Sat 11 Sep.

    2021-09-10T16:28:12Z → 2021-09-11T14:07:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 10th, 11:50–12:38 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 34150 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2021: Saturday 11 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2021 falls on Saturday 11 September. Pañcamī runs from 00:28 on Sat 11 Sep to 22:08 on Sat 11 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:28 → 07:0812:2548 min12:250 min10 Sep
Chicago11:28 → 09:0812:2348 min12:230 min10 Sep
Jersey City12:28 → 10:0812:2948 min12:280 min10 Sep
Port of Spain12:28 → 10:0811:390 min11:380 min11 Sep
London17:28 → 15:0812:330 min12:3348 min11 Sep
Durban18:28 → 16:0811:290 min11:2948 min11 Sep
Dubai20:28 → 18:0811:520 min11:5148 min11 Sep
Delhi21:58 → 19:3811:540 min11:5348 min11 Sep
Kolkata21:58 → 19:3811:090 min11:0948 min11 Sep
Singapore00:28 → 22:0812:380 min12:3748 min11 Sep
Sydney02:28 → 00:0811:280 min11:2848 min11 Sep
Suva04:28 → 02:0811:390 min11:3948 min11 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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