Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1901

Monday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 399 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 18 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 19 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 19:25 on Sun 18 Aug to 21:33 on Mon 19 Aug.

    1901-08-18T11:24:51Z → 1901-08-19T13:33:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 18th, 11:57–12:45 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 23949 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1901: Monday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1901 falls on Monday 19 August. Pañcamī runs from 19:25 on Sun 18 Aug to 21:33 on Mon 19 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 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/naga-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 5 Naga pancami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:25 → 05:3311:3248 min11:320 min18 Aug
Chicago05:25 → 07:3311:3048 min11:300 min18 Aug
Jersey City06:25 → 08:3311:3648 min11:360 min18 Aug
Port of Spain07:25 → 09:3311:4648 min11:460 min18 Aug
London11:25 → 13:3311:4048 min11:4048 min19 Aug
Durban12:55 → 15:0311:060 min11:0648 min19 Aug
Dubai15:06 → 17:1411:390 min11:3948 min19 Aug
Delhi16:46 → 18:5411:520 min11:5248 min19 Aug
Kolkata16:46 → 18:5411:070 min11:0748 min19 Aug
Singapore18:20 → 20:2811:390 min11:3948 min19 Aug
Sydney21:25 → 23:3311:350 min11:3548 min19 Aug
Suva23:20 → 01:2811:410 min11:4148 min19 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
naga-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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