Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1973

Friday 3 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 241 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 Thursday 2 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

Midday of Friday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 17:33 on Thu 2 Aug to 16:49 on Fri 3 Aug.

    1973-08-02T09:33:10Z → 1973-08-03T08:48:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 2nd, 12:00–12:48 on the 3rd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 14439 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1973: Friday 3 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1973 falls on Friday 3 August. Pañcamī runs from 17:33 on Thu 2 Aug to 16:49 on Fri 3 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:33 → 01:4912:3548 min12:350 min2 Aug
Chicago04:33 → 03:4912:3248 min12:320 min2 Aug
Jersey City05:33 → 04:4912:3848 min12:380 min2 Aug
Port of Spain05:33 → 04:4911:4848 min11:480 min2 Aug
London10:33 → 09:4912:4248 min12:420 min2 Aug
Durban11:33 → 10:4911:3848 min11:380 min2 Aug
Dubai13:33 → 12:4912:010 min12:0148 min3 Aug
Delhi15:03 → 14:1912:030 min12:0348 min3 Aug
Kolkata15:03 → 14:1911:190 min11:1948 min3 Aug
Singapore17:03 → 16:1912:170 min12:1748 min3 Aug
Sydney19:33 → 18:4911:380 min11:3748 min3 Aug
Suva21:33 → 20:4911:490 min11:4948 min3 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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