Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1976

Saturday 31 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 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 Saturday 31 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 Sunday 1 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 01:55 on Sat 31 Jul to 23:38 on Sat 31 Jul.

    1976-07-30T17:55:04Z → 1976-07-31T15:37:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 31st, 12:00–12:48 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 36309 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1976: Saturday 31 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1976 falls on Saturday 31 July. Pañcamī runs from 01:55 on Sat 31 Jul to 23:38 on Sat 31 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:55 → 08:3812:3548 min12:350 min30 Jul
Chicago12:55 → 10:3812:3326 min12:330 min30 Jul
Jersey City13:55 → 11:3812:380 min12:380 min31 Jul
Port of Spain13:55 → 11:3811:480 min11:480 min31 Jul
London18:55 → 16:3812:420 min12:4248 min31 Jul
Durban19:55 → 17:3811:380 min11:3848 min31 Jul
Dubai21:55 → 19:3812:010 min12:0148 min31 Jul
Delhi23:25 → 21:0812:030 min12:0348 min31 Jul
Kolkata23:25 → 21:0811:190 min11:1948 min31 Jul
Singapore01:25 → 23:0812:170 min12:1748 min31 Jul
Sydney03:55 → 01:3811:380 min11:3848 min31 Jul
Suva05:55 → 03:3811:490 min11:4948 min31 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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