Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2056

Thursday 14 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 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 Wednesday 13 September

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 14 September

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:31:22
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 14:20 on Wed 13 Sep to 11:31 on Thu 14 Sep.

    2056-09-13T06:19:37Z → 2056-09-14T03:31:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 13th, 11:49–12:37 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: disputed → second-day · margin 1078 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2056: Thursday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2056 falls on Thursday 14 September. Pañcamī runs from 14:20 on Wed 13 Sep to 11:31 on Thu 14 Sep, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:20 → 20:3112:2448 min12:240 min13 Sep
Chicago01:20 → 22:3112:2248 min12:220 min13 Sep
Jersey City02:20 → 23:3112:2848 min12:270 min13 Sep
Port of Spain02:20 → 23:3111:3848 min11:370 min13 Sep
London07:20 → 04:3112:3248 min12:310 min13 Sep
Durban08:20 → 05:3111:2848 min11:280 min13 Sep
Dubai10:20 → 07:3111:5048 min11:500 min13 Sep
Delhi11:50 → 09:0111:5348 min11:520 min13 Sep
Kolkata11:50 → 09:0111:087 min11:080 min13 Sep
Singapore14:20 → 11:3112:360 min12:360 min14 Sep
Sydney16:20 → 13:3111:270 min11:2748 min14 Sep
Suva18:20 → 15:3111:380 min11:3848 min14 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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