Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1920

Wednesday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 485 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 18 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

Midday of Thursday 19 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 03:53 on Wed 18 Aug to 03:46 on Thu 19 Aug.

    1920-08-17T19:53:02Z → 1920-08-18T19:46:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 18th, 11:57–12:45 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 29077 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1920: Wednesday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1920 falls on Wednesday 18 August. Pañcamī runs from 03:53 on Wed 18 Aug to 03:46 on Thu 19 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1920/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:53 → 11:4611:3328 min11:3214 min18 Aug
Chicago14:53 → 14:4612:300 min12:3048 min18 Aug
Jersey City15:53 → 15:4612:360 min12:3648 min18 Aug
Port of Spain15:53 → 15:4611:460 min11:4648 min18 Aug
London20:53 → 20:4612:400 min12:4048 min18 Aug
Durban21:53 → 21:4611:360 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Dubai23:53 → 23:4611:590 min11:5848 min18 Aug
Delhi01:23 → 01:1612:010 min12:0148 min18 Aug
Kolkata01:23 → 01:1611:160 min11:1648 min18 Aug
Singapore02:53 → 02:4611:450 min11:4448 min18 Aug
Sydney05:53 → 05:4611:350 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva07:53 → 07:4611:460 min11:4648 min18 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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