Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1938

Sunday 31 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 557 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 Saturday 30 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

Midday of Sunday 31 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 23:36 on Sat 30 Jul to 22:05 on Sun 31 Jul.

    1938-07-30T15:36:00Z → 1938-07-31T14:04:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 30th, 12:00–12:48 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 33402 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1938: Sunday 31 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1938 falls on Sunday 31 July. Pañcamī runs from 23:36 on Sat 30 Jul to 22:05 on Sun 31 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:36 → 06:0511:3548 min11:350 min30 Jul
Chicago10:36 → 09:0512:3348 min12:330 min30 Jul
Jersey City11:36 → 10:0512:3848 min12:380 min30 Jul
Port of Spain11:36 → 10:0511:4848 min11:480 min30 Jul
London16:36 → 15:0512:420 min12:4248 min31 Jul
Durban17:36 → 16:0511:380 min11:3848 min31 Jul
Dubai19:36 → 18:0512:010 min12:0148 min31 Jul
Delhi21:06 → 19:3512:030 min12:0348 min31 Jul
Kolkata21:06 → 19:3511:190 min11:1948 min31 Jul
Singapore22:56 → 21:2512:070 min12:0748 min31 Jul
Sydney01:36 → 00:0511:380 min11:3848 min31 Jul
Suva03:36 → 02:0511:490 min11:4948 min31 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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