Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa) · 1908

Saturday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 625 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 27 November

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 28 November

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 00:48 on Sat 28 Nov to 22:55 on Sat 28 Nov.

    1908-11-27T16:48:28Z → 1908-11-28T14:55:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 27th, 11:42–12:30 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 37510 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa), Baoding, 1908: Saturday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa) 1908 falls on Saturday 28 November. Pañcamī runs from 00:48 on Sat 28 Nov to 22:55 on Sat 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 28 Nov
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-margashirsha · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 5 Naga pancami (2nd) (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:48 → 06:5511:1748 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago10:48 → 08:5511:1448 min11:150 min27 Nov
Jersey City11:48 → 09:5511:2019 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain12:48 → 10:5511:300 min11:300 min28 Nov
London16:48 → 14:5511:240 min11:2448 min28 Nov
Durban18:48 → 16:5511:200 min11:2048 min28 Nov
Dubai20:29 → 18:3611:230 min11:2448 min28 Nov
Delhi22:18 → 20:2511:450 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata22:18 → 20:2511:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore23:48 → 21:5511:280 min11:2948 min28 Nov
Sydney02:48 → 00:5511:190 min11:1948 min28 Nov
Suva04:43 → 02:5011:250 min11:2548 min28 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
naga-panchami-margashirsha@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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