Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1954

Tuesday 3 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 167 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 3 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 4 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 07:32 on Tue 3 Aug to 09:13 on Wed 4 Aug.

    1954-08-02T23:32:16Z → 1954-08-04T01:13:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 3rd, 12:00–12:48 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 10013 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1954: Tuesday 3 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1954 falls on Tuesday 3 August. Pañcamī runs from 07:32 on Tue 3 Aug to 09:13 on Wed 4 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:32 → 18:1312:350 min12:350 min3 Aug
Chicago18:32 → 20:1312:320 min12:320 min3 Aug
Jersey City19:32 → 21:1312:380 min12:380 min3 Aug
Port of Spain19:32 → 21:1311:480 min11:480 min3 Aug
London00:32 → 02:1312:420 min12:420 min3 Aug
Durban01:32 → 03:1311:380 min11:380 min3 Aug
Dubai03:32 → 05:1312:010 min12:010 min3 Aug
Delhi05:02 → 06:4312:030 min12:030 min3 Aug
Kolkata05:02 → 06:4311:190 min11:180 min3 Aug
Singapore07:02 → 08:4312:170 min12:170 min3 Aug
Sydney09:32 → 11:1311:380 min11:370 min3 Aug
Suva11:32 → 13:1311:490 min11:4848 min4 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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