Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1962

Sunday 5 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 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 Sunday 5 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 Monday 6 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 04:11 on Sun 5 Aug to 06:40 on Mon 6 Aug.

    1962-08-04T20:11:29Z → 1962-08-05T22:39:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 5th, 12:00–12:48 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 19209 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1962: Sunday 5 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1962 falls on Sunday 5 August. Pañcamī runs from 04:11 on Sun 5 Aug to 06:40 on Mon 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:11 → 15:4012:3511 min12:3548 min5 Aug
Chicago15:11 → 17:4012:320 min12:3248 min5 Aug
Jersey City16:11 → 18:4012:380 min12:3848 min5 Aug
Port of Spain16:11 → 18:4011:480 min11:4848 min5 Aug
London21:11 → 23:4012:420 min12:4248 min5 Aug
Durban22:11 → 00:4011:380 min11:3848 min5 Aug
Dubai00:11 → 02:4012:010 min12:0148 min5 Aug
Delhi01:41 → 04:1012:030 min12:0348 min5 Aug
Kolkata01:41 → 04:1011:180 min11:1848 min5 Aug
Singapore03:41 → 06:1012:170 min12:1748 min5 Aug
Sydney06:11 → 08:4011:370 min11:3748 min5 Aug
Suva08:11 → 10:4011:480 min11:4848 min5 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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