Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1951

Tuesday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 62 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 7 August

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

Midday of Wednesday 8 August

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:58 on Tue 7 Aug to 10:54 on Wed 8 Aug.

    1951-08-07T02:57:42Z → 1951-08-08T02:53:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 12:00–12:48 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 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 3718 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1951: Tuesday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1951 falls on Tuesday 7 August. Pañcamī runs from 10:58 on Tue 7 Aug to 10:54 on Wed 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 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 Angeles19:58 → 19:5412:3448 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago21:58 → 21:5412:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City22:58 → 22:5412:3848 min12:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain22:58 → 22:5411:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London03:58 → 03:5412:4248 min12:420 min7 Aug
Durban04:58 → 04:5411:3848 min11:380 min7 Aug
Dubai06:58 → 06:5412:0048 min12:000 min7 Aug
Delhi08:28 → 08:2412:0348 min12:030 min7 Aug
Kolkata08:28 → 08:2411:1848 min11:180 min7 Aug
Singapore10:28 → 10:2412:1648 min12:160 min7 Aug
Sydney12:58 → 12:5411:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva14:58 → 14:5411:480 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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