Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1960

Thursday 28 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 135 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 Thursday 28 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

Midday of Friday 29 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 09:08 on Thu 28 Jul to 09:45 on Fri 29 Jul.

    1960-07-28T01:08:07Z → 1960-07-29T01:44:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 12:00–12:48 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 8121 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1960: Thursday 28 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1960 falls on Thursday 28 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:08 on Thu 28 Jul to 09:45 on Fri 29 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:08 → 18:4512:3548 min12:350 min28 Jul
Chicago20:08 → 20:4512:3348 min12:330 min28 Jul
Jersey City21:08 → 21:4512:3848 min12:380 min28 Jul
Port of Spain21:08 → 21:4511:4848 min11:480 min28 Jul
London02:08 → 02:4512:4248 min12:420 min28 Jul
Durban03:08 → 03:4511:3848 min11:380 min28 Jul
Dubai05:08 → 05:4512:0148 min12:010 min28 Jul
Delhi06:38 → 07:1512:0348 min12:030 min28 Jul
Kolkata06:38 → 07:1511:1948 min11:190 min28 Jul
Singapore08:38 → 09:1512:1748 min12:170 min28 Jul
Sydney11:08 → 11:4511:3848 min11:387 min29 Jul
Suva13:08 → 13:4511:490 min11:4948 min29 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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