Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1923

Thursday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 minutes.

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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 Thursday 16 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 Friday 17 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:32 on Thu 16 Aug to 08:02 on Fri 17 Aug.

    1923-08-16T02:31:45Z → 1923-08-17T00:01:50Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 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 5189 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1923: Thursday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1923 falls on Thursday 16 August. Pañcamī runs from 10:32 on Thu 16 Aug to 08:02 on Fri 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1923/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 Angeles18:32 → 16:0211:3348 min11:330 min16 Aug
Chicago21:32 → 19:0212:3148 min12:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City22:32 → 20:0212:3648 min12:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain22:32 → 20:0211:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London03:32 → 01:0212:4048 min12:400 min16 Aug
Durban04:32 → 02:0211:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Dubai06:32 → 04:0211:5948 min11:590 min16 Aug
Delhi08:02 → 05:3212:0148 min12:010 min16 Aug
Kolkata08:02 → 05:3211:1748 min11:170 min16 Aug
Singapore09:32 → 07:0211:4548 min11:450 min16 Aug
Sydney12:32 → 10:0211:360 min11:360 min17 Aug
Suva14:32 → 12:0211:470 min11:4715 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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