Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1906

Thursday 26 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 443 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 25 July

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 Thursday 26 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 21:12 on Wed 25 Jul to 20:11 on Thu 26 Jul.

    1906-07-25T13:12:30Z → 1906-07-26T12:10:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 26560 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1906: Thursday 26 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1906 falls on Thursday 26 July. Pañcamī runs from 21:12 on Wed 25 Jul to 20:11 on Thu 26 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 Jul
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:12 → 04:1111:3548 min11:350 min25 Jul
Chicago07:12 → 06:1111:3348 min11:330 min25 Jul
Jersey City08:12 → 07:1111:3848 min11:380 min25 Jul
Port of Spain09:12 → 08:1111:4848 min11:480 min25 Jul
London13:12 → 12:1111:420 min11:4229 min26 Jul
Durban15:12 → 14:1111:380 min11:3848 min26 Jul
Dubai16:53 → 15:5211:420 min11:4248 min26 Jul
Delhi18:42 → 17:4112:030 min12:0348 min26 Jul
Kolkata18:42 → 17:4111:190 min11:1948 min26 Jul
Singapore20:12 → 19:1111:470 min11:4748 min26 Jul
Sydney23:12 → 22:1111:380 min11:3848 min26 Jul
Suva01:07 → 00:0611:440 min11:4448 min26 Jul
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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