Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1912

Saturday 17 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 56 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 Friday 16 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 Saturday 17 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 15:22 on Fri 16 Aug to 13:42 on Sat 17 Aug.

    1912-08-16T07:22:23Z → 1912-08-17T05:42:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 16th, 11:58–12:46 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 3374 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1912: Saturday 17 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1912 falls on Saturday 17 August. Pañcamī runs from 15:22 on Fri 16 Aug to 13:42 on Sat 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:22 → 21:4211:3348 min11:330 min16 Aug
Chicago01:22 → 23:4211:3048 min11:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City02:22 → 00:4211:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain03:22 → 01:4211:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London07:22 → 05:4211:4048 min11:400 min16 Aug
Durban09:22 → 07:4211:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Dubai11:03 → 09:2311:4048 min11:400 min16 Aug
Delhi12:52 → 11:1212:010 min12:010 min17 Aug
Kolkata12:52 → 11:1211:170 min11:160 min17 Aug
Singapore14:22 → 12:4211:450 min11:4548 min17 Aug
Sydney17:22 → 15:4211:360 min11:3548 min17 Aug
Suva19:17 → 17:3711:420 min11:4148 min17 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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