Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1937

Wednesday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 246 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 Tuesday 10 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

Midday of Wednesday 11 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 16:53 on Tue 10 Aug to 17:42 on Wed 11 Aug.

    1937-08-10T08:53:05Z → 1937-08-11T09:41:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 14754 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1937: Wednesday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1937 falls on Wednesday 11 August. Pañcamī runs from 16:53 on Tue 10 Aug to 17:42 on Wed 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:53 → 01:4211:3448 min11:340 min10 Aug
Chicago03:53 → 04:4212:3248 min12:310 min10 Aug
Jersey City04:53 → 05:4212:3748 min12:370 min10 Aug
Port of Spain04:53 → 05:4211:4748 min11:470 min10 Aug
London09:53 → 10:4212:4148 min12:410 min10 Aug
Durban10:53 → 11:4211:3748 min11:374 min11 Aug
Dubai12:53 → 13:4212:000 min12:0048 min11 Aug
Delhi14:23 → 15:1212:020 min12:0248 min11 Aug
Kolkata14:23 → 15:1211:180 min11:1848 min11 Aug
Singapore16:13 → 17:0212:060 min12:0648 min11 Aug
Sydney18:53 → 19:4211:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Suva20:53 → 21:4211:480 min11:4848 min11 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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