Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1936

Thursday 23 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 546 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 Thursday 23 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 24 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 01:08 on Thu 23 Jul to 02:54 on Fri 24 Jul.

    1936-07-22T17:07:37Z → 1936-07-23T18:54:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 23rd, 12:00–12:48 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 32758 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1936: Thursday 23 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1936 falls on Thursday 23 July. Pañcamī runs from 01:08 on Thu 23 Jul to 02:54 on Fri 24 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 Jul
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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:08 → 10:5411:3548 min11:350 min22 Jul
Chicago12:08 → 13:5412:3348 min12:3348 min23 Jul
Jersey City13:08 → 14:5412:3819 min12:3848 min23 Jul
Port of Spain13:08 → 14:5411:480 min11:4848 min23 Jul
London18:08 → 19:5412:420 min12:4248 min23 Jul
Durban19:08 → 20:5411:380 min11:3848 min23 Jul
Dubai21:08 → 22:5412:010 min12:0148 min23 Jul
Delhi22:38 → 00:2412:030 min12:0348 min23 Jul
Kolkata22:38 → 00:2411:190 min11:1948 min23 Jul
Singapore00:28 → 02:1412:070 min12:0748 min23 Jul
Sydney03:08 → 04:5411:380 min11:3848 min23 Jul
Suva05:08 → 06:5411:490 min11:4948 min23 Jul
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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