Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1988

Wednesday 17 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 185 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 Wednesday 17 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 18 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 07:43 on Wed 17 Aug to 09:53 on Thu 18 Aug.

    1988-08-16T22:42:37Z → 1988-08-18T00:52:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 17th, 12:58–13:46 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 11086 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1988: Wednesday 17 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1988 falls on Wednesday 17 August. Pañcamī runs from 07:43 on Wed 17 Aug to 09:53 on Thu 18 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1988/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:43 → 17:5312:330 min12:320 min17 Aug
Chicago17:43 → 19:5312:300 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City18:43 → 20:5312:360 min12:360 min17 Aug
Port of Spain18:43 → 20:5311:460 min11:460 min17 Aug
London23:43 → 01:5312:400 min12:400 min17 Aug
Durban00:43 → 02:5311:360 min11:360 min17 Aug
Dubai02:43 → 04:5311:590 min11:580 min17 Aug
Delhi04:13 → 06:2312:010 min12:010 min17 Aug
Kolkata04:13 → 06:2311:170 min11:160 min17 Aug
Singapore06:43 → 08:5312:450 min12:440 min17 Aug
Sydney08:43 → 10:5311:360 min11:350 min17 Aug
Suva10:43 → 12:5311:470 min11:4648 min18 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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