Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1978

Wednesday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 200 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 Tuesday 8 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 Wednesday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 16:07 on Tue 8 Aug to 16:53 on Wed 9 Aug.

    1978-08-08T08:07:04Z → 1978-08-09T08:52:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 11973 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1978: Wednesday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1978 falls on Wednesday 9 August. Pañcamī runs from 16:07 on Tue 8 Aug to 16:53 on Wed 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:07 → 01:5312:3448 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago03:07 → 03:5312:3248 min12:320 min8 Aug
Jersey City04:07 → 04:5312:3848 min12:370 min8 Aug
Port of Spain04:07 → 04:5311:4848 min11:470 min8 Aug
London09:07 → 09:5312:4248 min12:410 min8 Aug
Durban10:07 → 10:5311:3848 min11:380 min8 Aug
Dubai12:07 → 12:5312:0041 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi13:37 → 14:2312:030 min12:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata13:37 → 14:2311:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore15:37 → 16:2312:160 min12:1648 min9 Aug
Sydney18:07 → 18:5311:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva20:07 → 20:5311:480 min11:4848 min9 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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