Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1934

Wednesday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 649 minutes.

Decide it for

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 15 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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 00:21 on Wed 15 Aug to 01:09 on Thu 16 Aug.

    1934-08-14T16:20:40Z → 1934-08-15T17:08:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 15th, 11:58–12:46 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 38958 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1934: Wednesday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1934 falls on Wednesday 15 August. Pañcamī runs from 00:21 on Wed 15 Aug to 01:09 on Thu 16 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:21 → 09:0911:3348 min11:330 min14 Aug
Chicago11:21 → 12:0912:3148 min12:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City12:21 → 13:0912:3748 min12:3632 min15 Aug
Port of Spain12:21 → 13:0911:4714 min11:4648 min15 Aug
London17:21 → 18:0912:410 min12:4048 min15 Aug
Durban18:21 → 19:0911:370 min11:3748 min15 Aug
Dubai20:21 → 21:0911:590 min11:5948 min15 Aug
Delhi21:51 → 22:3912:020 min12:0148 min15 Aug
Kolkata21:51 → 22:3911:170 min11:1748 min15 Aug
Singapore23:41 → 00:2912:050 min12:0548 min15 Aug
Sydney02:21 → 03:0911:360 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva04:21 → 05:0911:470 min11:4748 min15 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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