Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2066

Wednesday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 168 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 Wednesday 25 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 Thursday 26 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 09:08 on Wed 25 Aug to 08:12 on Thu 26 Aug.

    2066-08-25T01:07:50Z → 2066-08-26T00:12:02Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 0 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 10097 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2066: Wednesday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2066 falls on Wednesday 25 August. Pañcamī runs from 09:08 on Wed 25 Aug to 08:12 on Thu 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 Angeles18:08 → 17:1212:3148 min12:310 min25 Aug
Chicago20:08 → 19:1212:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City21:08 → 20:1212:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain21:08 → 20:1211:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London02:08 → 01:1212:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban03:08 → 02:1211:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai05:08 → 04:1211:5748 min11:570 min25 Aug
Delhi06:38 → 05:4211:5948 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata06:38 → 05:4211:1548 min11:140 min25 Aug
Singapore09:08 → 08:1212:4348 min12:430 min25 Aug
Sydney11:08 → 10:1211:3448 min11:330 min25 Aug
Suva13:08 → 12:1211:450 min11:4428 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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