Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1984

Wednesday 1 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 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 Wednesday 1 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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 06:57 on Wed 1 Aug to 04:02 on Thu 2 Aug.

    1984-07-31T22:57:21Z → 1984-08-01T20:01:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 18168 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1984: Wednesday 1 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1984 falls on Wednesday 1 August. Pañcamī runs from 06:57 on Wed 1 Aug to 04:02 on Thu 2 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:57 → 13:0212:350 min12:3527 min1 Aug
Chicago17:57 → 15:0212:330 min12:3348 min1 Aug
Jersey City18:57 → 16:0212:380 min12:3848 min1 Aug
Port of Spain18:57 → 16:0211:480 min11:4848 min1 Aug
London23:57 → 21:0212:420 min12:4248 min1 Aug
Durban00:57 → 22:0211:380 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Dubai02:57 → 00:0212:010 min12:0148 min1 Aug
Delhi04:27 → 01:3212:030 min12:0348 min1 Aug
Kolkata04:27 → 01:3211:190 min11:1948 min1 Aug
Singapore06:57 → 04:0212:470 min12:4748 min1 Aug
Sydney08:57 → 06:0211:380 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Suva10:57 → 08:0211:490 min11:4948 min1 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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