Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1943

Friday 6 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 513 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 5 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 Friday 6 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 22:20 on Thu 5 Aug to 23:46 on Fri 6 Aug.

    1943-08-05T13:20:27Z → 1943-08-06T14:46:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 5th, 13:00–13:48 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 30756 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1943: Friday 6 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1943 falls on Friday 6 August. Pañcamī runs from 22:20 on Thu 5 Aug to 23:46 on Fri 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:20 → 07:4612:3548 min12:350 min5 Aug
Chicago08:20 → 09:4612:3248 min12:320 min5 Aug
Jersey City09:20 → 10:4612:3848 min12:380 min5 Aug
Port of Spain10:20 → 11:4612:4848 min12:480 min5 Aug
London15:20 → 16:4613:420 min13:4248 min6 Aug
Durban15:20 → 16:4611:380 min11:3848 min6 Aug
Dubai17:20 → 18:4612:010 min12:0048 min6 Aug
Delhi19:50 → 21:1613:030 min13:0348 min6 Aug
Kolkata19:50 → 21:1612:180 min12:1848 min6 Aug
Singapore22:20 → 23:4613:470 min13:4648 min6 Aug
Sydney23:20 → 00:4611:370 min11:3748 min6 Aug
Suva01:20 → 02:4611:480 min11:4848 min6 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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