Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1902

Friday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 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 Thursday 7 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 8 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 21:00 on Thu 7 Aug to 21:02 on Fri 8 Aug.

    1902-08-07T13:00:10Z → 1902-08-08T13:01:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 29555 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1902: Friday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1902 falls on Friday 8 August. Pañcamī runs from 21:00 on Thu 7 Aug to 21:02 on Fri 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:00 → 05:0211:3448 min11:340 min7 Aug
Chicago07:00 → 07:0211:3248 min11:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City08:00 → 08:0211:3848 min11:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain09:00 → 09:0211:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London13:00 → 13:0211:420 min11:4248 min8 Aug
Durban14:30 → 14:3211:080 min11:0848 min8 Aug
Dubai16:41 → 16:4311:410 min11:4148 min8 Aug
Delhi18:21 → 18:2311:540 min11:5348 min8 Aug
Kolkata18:21 → 18:2311:090 min11:0948 min8 Aug
Singapore19:55 → 19:5711:410 min11:4148 min8 Aug
Sydney23:00 → 23:0211:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva00:55 → 00:5711:430 min11:4348 min8 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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