Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1926

Friday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 145 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 13 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 14 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 07:29 on Fri 13 Aug to 09:33 on Sat 14 Aug.

    1926-08-12T23:29:12Z → 1926-08-14T01:33:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 8705 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1926: Friday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1926 falls on Friday 13 August. Pañcamī runs from 07:29 on Fri 13 Aug to 09:33 on Sat 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:29 → 17:3311:340 min11:330 min13 Aug
Chicago18:29 → 20:3312:310 min12:310 min13 Aug
Jersey City19:29 → 21:3312:370 min12:370 min13 Aug
Port of Spain19:29 → 21:3311:470 min11:470 min13 Aug
London00:29 → 02:3312:410 min12:410 min13 Aug
Durban01:29 → 03:3311:370 min11:370 min13 Aug
Dubai03:29 → 05:3312:000 min11:590 min13 Aug
Delhi04:59 → 07:0312:020 min12:020 min13 Aug
Kolkata04:59 → 07:0311:170 min11:170 min13 Aug
Singapore06:29 → 08:3311:460 min11:450 min13 Aug
Sydney09:29 → 11:3311:360 min11:360 min13 Aug
Suva11:29 → 13:3311:480 min11:4748 min14 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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