Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1946

Friday 2 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 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 1 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 14:22:39
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 2 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 14:28:14
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 14:23 on Thu 1 Aug to 14:28 on Fri 2 Aug.

    1946-08-01T05:22:39Z → 1946-08-02T05:28:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 1st, 13:00–13:48 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 2072 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1946: Friday 2 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1946 falls on Friday 2 August. Pañcamī runs from 14:23 on Thu 1 Aug to 14:28 on Fri 2 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:23 → 21:2811:3548 min11:350 min1 Aug
Chicago00:23 → 00:2812:3348 min12:320 min1 Aug
Jersey City01:23 → 01:2812:3848 min12:380 min1 Aug
Port of Spain01:23 → 01:2811:4848 min11:480 min1 Aug
London06:23 → 06:2812:4248 min12:420 min1 Aug
Durban07:23 → 07:2811:3848 min11:380 min1 Aug
Dubai09:23 → 09:2812:0148 min12:010 min1 Aug
Delhi10:53 → 10:5812:0348 min12:030 min1 Aug
Kolkata10:53 → 10:5811:1948 min11:190 min1 Aug
Singapore12:53 → 12:5812:1712 min12:1741 min2 Aug
Sydney15:23 → 15:2811:380 min11:3848 min2 Aug
Suva17:23 → 17:2811:490 min11:4948 min2 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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