Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1977

Friday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 531 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 Friday 19 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 Saturday 20 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 03:07 on Fri 19 Aug to 01:42 on Sat 20 Aug.

    1977-08-18T19:06:35Z → 1977-08-19T17:42:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 31855 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1977: Friday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1977 falls on Friday 19 August. Pañcamī runs from 03:07 on Fri 19 Aug to 01:42 on Sat 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:07 → 10:4212:3248 min12:320 min18 Aug
Chicago14:07 → 12:4212:300 min12:3013 min19 Aug
Jersey City15:07 → 13:4212:360 min12:3648 min19 Aug
Port of Spain15:07 → 13:4211:460 min11:4648 min19 Aug
London20:07 → 18:4212:400 min12:4048 min19 Aug
Durban21:07 → 19:4211:360 min11:3648 min19 Aug
Dubai23:07 → 21:4211:580 min11:5848 min19 Aug
Delhi00:37 → 23:1212:010 min12:0148 min19 Aug
Kolkata00:37 → 23:1211:160 min11:1648 min19 Aug
Singapore02:37 → 01:1212:140 min12:1448 min19 Aug
Sydney05:07 → 03:4211:350 min11:3548 min19 Aug
Suva07:07 → 05:4211:460 min11:4648 min19 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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