Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1953

Friday 14 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 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 Friday 14 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 15 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:42:02
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 09:19 on Fri 14 Aug to 11:42 on Sat 15 Aug.

    1953-08-14T01:18:32Z → 1953-08-15T03:42:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 14th, 11:58–12:46 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 978 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1953: Friday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1953 falls on Friday 14 August. Pañcamī runs from 09:19 on Fri 14 Aug to 11:42 on Sat 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:19 → 20:4212:3348 min12:330 min14 Aug
Chicago20:19 → 22:4212:3148 min12:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City21:19 → 23:4212:3748 min12:360 min14 Aug
Port of Spain21:19 → 23:4211:4748 min11:460 min14 Aug
London02:19 → 04:4212:4148 min12:400 min14 Aug
Durban03:19 → 05:4211:3748 min11:370 min14 Aug
Dubai05:19 → 07:4211:5948 min11:590 min14 Aug
Delhi06:49 → 09:1212:0248 min12:010 min14 Aug
Kolkata06:49 → 09:1211:1748 min11:170 min14 Aug
Singapore08:49 → 11:1212:1548 min12:150 min14 Aug
Sydney11:19 → 13:4211:3648 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva13:19 → 15:4211:470 min11:4748 min15 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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