Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2028

Thursday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 451 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 Thursday 24 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

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 04:26 on Thu 24 Aug to 01:40 on Fri 25 Aug.

    2028-08-23T20:25:38Z → 2028-08-24T17:39:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 24th, 11:56–12:44 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 27030 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2028: Thursday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2028 falls on Thursday 24 August. Pañcamī runs from 04:26 on Thu 24 Aug to 01:40 on Fri 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:26 → 10:4012:310 min12:310 min24 Aug
Chicago15:26 → 12:4012:290 min12:2812 min24 Aug
Jersey City16:26 → 13:4012:340 min12:3448 min24 Aug
Port of Spain16:26 → 13:4011:440 min11:4448 min24 Aug
London21:26 → 18:4012:380 min12:3848 min24 Aug
Durban22:26 → 19:4011:350 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Dubai00:26 → 21:4011:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi01:56 → 23:1011:590 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata01:56 → 23:1011:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore04:26 → 01:4012:430 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney06:26 → 03:4011:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva08:26 → 05:4011:450 min11:4548 min24 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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