Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1919

Thursday 31 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 31 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:12:22
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

0 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 11:16 on Thu 31 Jul to 12:12 on Fri 1 Aug.

    1919-07-31T02:15:39Z → 1919-08-01T03:12:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 31st, 13:00–13:48 on the 1st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 2864 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1919: Thursday 31 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1919 falls on Thursday 31 July. Pañcamī runs from 11:16 on Thu 31 Jul to 12:12 on Fri 1 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:16 → 20:1212:3548 min12:350 min31 Jul
Chicago21:16 → 22:1212:3348 min12:320 min31 Jul
Jersey City22:16 → 23:1212:3848 min12:380 min31 Jul
Port of Spain22:16 → 23:1211:4848 min11:480 min31 Jul
London03:16 → 04:1212:4248 min12:420 min31 Jul
Durban04:16 → 05:1211:3848 min11:380 min31 Jul
Dubai05:57 → 06:5311:4248 min11:420 min31 Jul
Delhi07:46 → 08:4212:0348 min12:030 min31 Jul
Kolkata07:46 → 08:4211:1948 min11:190 min31 Jul
Singapore09:16 → 10:1211:4748 min11:470 min31 Jul
Sydney12:16 → 13:1211:3810 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Suva14:16 → 15:1211:490 min11:4948 min1 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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