Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1956

Friday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 312 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 10 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 11 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 06:47 on Fri 10 Aug to 05:09 on Sat 11 Aug.

    1956-08-09T22:47:30Z → 1956-08-10T21:09:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 18699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1956: Friday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1956 falls on Friday 10 August. Pañcamī runs from 06:47 on Fri 10 Aug to 05:09 on Sat 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:47 → 14:0912:340 min12:3448 min10 Aug
Chicago17:47 → 16:0912:320 min12:3148 min10 Aug
Jersey City18:47 → 17:0912:370 min12:3748 min10 Aug
Port of Spain18:47 → 17:0911:470 min11:4748 min10 Aug
London23:47 → 22:0912:410 min12:4148 min10 Aug
Durban00:47 → 23:0911:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai02:47 → 01:0912:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi04:17 → 02:3912:020 min12:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata04:17 → 02:3911:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore06:17 → 04:3912:160 min12:1648 min10 Aug
Sydney08:47 → 07:0911:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva10:47 → 09:0911:480 min11:4848 min10 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

About Ahargaṇa