Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1952

Sunday 27 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 285 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 Saturday 26 July

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

Midday of Sunday 27 July

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 17:34 on Sat 26 Jul to 19:32 on Sun 27 Jul.

    1952-07-26T09:33:38Z → 1952-07-27T11:31:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 17120 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1952: Sunday 27 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1952 falls on Sunday 27 July. Pañcamī runs from 17:34 on Sat 26 Jul to 19:32 on Sun 27 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 Jul
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:34 → 04:3212:3548 min12:350 min26 Jul
Chicago04:34 → 06:3212:3348 min12:330 min26 Jul
Jersey City05:34 → 07:3212:3848 min12:380 min26 Jul
Port of Spain05:34 → 07:3211:4848 min11:480 min26 Jul
London10:34 → 12:3212:4248 min12:420 min26 Jul
Durban11:34 → 13:3211:3848 min11:3848 min27 Jul
Dubai13:34 → 15:3212:010 min12:0148 min27 Jul
Delhi15:04 → 17:0212:030 min12:0348 min27 Jul
Kolkata15:04 → 17:0211:190 min11:1948 min27 Jul
Singapore17:04 → 19:0212:170 min12:1748 min27 Jul
Sydney19:34 → 21:3211:380 min11:3848 min27 Jul
Suva21:34 → 23:3211:490 min11:4948 min27 Jul
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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