Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1948

Monday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 Sunday 8 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
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 22:52 on Sun 8 Aug to 20:16 on Mon 9 Aug.

    1948-08-08T13:52:17Z → 1948-08-09T11:15:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 8th, 12:59–13:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 23322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1948: Monday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1948 falls on Monday 9 August. Pañcamī runs from 22:52 on Sun 8 Aug to 20:16 on Mon 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:52 → 04:1612:3448 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago08:52 → 06:1612:3248 min12:320 min8 Aug
Jersey City09:52 → 07:1612:3748 min12:370 min8 Aug
Port of Spain09:52 → 07:1611:4848 min11:470 min8 Aug
London14:52 → 12:1612:420 min12:410 min9 Aug
Durban15:52 → 13:1611:380 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Dubai17:52 → 15:1612:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi19:22 → 16:4612:020 min12:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata19:22 → 16:4611:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore21:22 → 18:4612:160 min12:1648 min9 Aug
Sydney23:52 → 21:1611:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva01:52 → 23:1611:480 min11:4848 min9 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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