Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1961

Wednesday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 378 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 Wednesday 16 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 17 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
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 04:07 on Wed 16 Aug to 05:40 on Thu 17 Aug.

    1961-08-15T20:06:39Z → 1961-08-16T21:40:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 16th, 11:58–12:46 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 22669 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1961: Wednesday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1961 falls on Wednesday 16 August. Pañcamī runs from 04:07 on Wed 16 Aug to 05:40 on Thu 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:07 → 14:4012:3314 min12:3348 min16 Aug
Chicago15:07 → 16:4012:310 min12:3048 min16 Aug
Jersey City16:07 → 17:4012:360 min12:3648 min16 Aug
Port of Spain16:07 → 17:4011:460 min11:4648 min16 Aug
London21:07 → 22:4012:400 min12:4048 min16 Aug
Durban22:07 → 23:4011:370 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Dubai00:07 → 01:4011:590 min11:5948 min16 Aug
Delhi01:37 → 03:1012:010 min12:0148 min16 Aug
Kolkata01:37 → 03:1011:170 min11:1748 min16 Aug
Singapore03:37 → 05:1012:150 min12:1548 min16 Aug
Sydney06:07 → 07:4011:360 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Suva08:07 → 09:4011:470 min11:4748 min16 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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