Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1989

Sunday 6 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 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 Sunday 6 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 7 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

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 06:18 on Sun 6 Aug to 08:37 on Mon 7 Aug.

    1989-08-05T21:18:00Z → 1989-08-06T23:37:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 6th, 13:00–13:48 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 15745 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1989: Sunday 6 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1989 falls on Sunday 6 August. Pañcamī runs from 06:18 on Sun 6 Aug to 08:37 on Mon 7 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1989/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:18 → 16:3712:350 min12:3548 min6 Aug
Chicago16:18 → 18:3712:320 min12:3248 min6 Aug
Jersey City17:18 → 19:3712:380 min12:3848 min6 Aug
Port of Spain17:18 → 19:3711:480 min11:4848 min6 Aug
London22:18 → 00:3712:420 min12:4248 min6 Aug
Durban23:18 → 01:3711:380 min11:3848 min6 Aug
Dubai01:18 → 03:3712:010 min12:0048 min6 Aug
Delhi02:48 → 05:0712:030 min12:0348 min6 Aug
Kolkata02:48 → 05:0711:180 min11:1848 min6 Aug
Singapore05:18 → 07:3712:470 min12:4648 min6 Aug
Sydney07:18 → 09:3711:370 min11:3748 min6 Aug
Suva09:18 → 11:3711:480 min11:4848 min6 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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