Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1986

Sunday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 545 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 Sunday 10 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 11 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 03:55 on Sun 10 Aug to 03:04 on Mon 11 Aug.

    1986-08-09T18:54:44Z → 1986-08-10T18:04:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 10th, 12:59–13:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 32672 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1986: Sunday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1986 falls on Sunday 10 August. Pañcamī runs from 03:55 on Sun 10 Aug to 03:04 on Mon 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:55 → 11:0412:3448 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago13:55 → 13:0412:320 min12:3232 min10 Aug
Jersey City14:55 → 14:0412:370 min12:3748 min10 Aug
Port of Spain14:55 → 14:0411:470 min11:4748 min10 Aug
London19:55 → 19:0412:410 min12:4148 min10 Aug
Durban20:55 → 20:0411:380 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai22:55 → 22:0412:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi00:25 → 23:3412:020 min12:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata00:25 → 23:3411:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore02:55 → 02:0412:460 min12:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney04:55 → 04:0411:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva06:55 → 06:0411:480 min11:4848 min10 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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