Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1940

Thursday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 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 Wednesday 7 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 8 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 14:26:36
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 17:11 on Wed 7 Aug to 14:27 on Thu 8 Aug.

    1940-08-07T08:11:16Z → 1940-08-08T05:26:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 7th, 12:59–13:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 2350 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1940: Thursday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1940 falls on Thursday 8 August. Pañcamī runs from 17:11 on Wed 7 Aug to 14:27 on Thu 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1940/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:11 → 21:2711:3448 min11:340 min7 Aug
Chicago03:11 → 00:2712:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City04:11 → 01:2712:3848 min12:370 min7 Aug
Port of Spain04:11 → 01:2711:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London09:11 → 06:2712:4248 min12:420 min7 Aug
Durban10:11 → 07:2711:3848 min11:380 min7 Aug
Dubai12:11 → 09:2712:0037 min12:000 min7 Aug
Delhi13:41 → 10:5712:030 min12:020 min8 Aug
Kolkata13:41 → 10:5711:180 min11:180 min8 Aug
Singapore15:31 → 12:4712:060 min12:0640 min8 Aug
Sydney18:11 → 15:2711:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva20:11 → 17:2711:480 min11:4848 min8 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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