Ruling · Ṛṣi Pañcamī · 2079

Thursday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 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 30 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 21:53 on Wed 30 Aug to 22:52 on Thu 31 Aug.

    2079-08-30T13:52:58Z → 2079-08-31T14:52:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 33011 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Ṛṣi Pañcamī, Baoding, 2079: Thursday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Ṛṣi Pañcamī 2079 falls on Thursday 31 August. Pañcamī runs from 21:53 on Wed 30 Aug to 22:52 on Thu 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/rishi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:53 → 07:5212:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago08:53 → 09:5212:2748 min12:270 min30 Aug
Jersey City09:53 → 10:5212:3348 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain09:53 → 10:5211:4348 min11:420 min30 Aug
London14:53 → 15:5212:370 min12:3748 min31 Aug
Durban15:53 → 16:5211:330 min11:3348 min31 Aug
Dubai17:53 → 18:5211:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi19:23 → 20:2211:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata19:23 → 20:2211:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore21:53 → 22:5212:420 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney23:53 → 00:5211:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva01:53 → 02:5211:430 min11:4348 min31 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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