Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1991

Wednesday 14 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 655 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 Tuesday 13 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

Midday of Wednesday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 01:34 on Wed 14 Aug to 00:41 on Thu 15 Aug.

    1991-08-13T16:34:03Z → 1991-08-14T15:41:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 13th, 12:59–13:47 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 39277 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1991: Wednesday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1991 falls on Wednesday 14 August. Pañcamī runs from 01:34 on Wed 14 Aug to 00:41 on Thu 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:34 → 08:4112:3448 min12:330 min13 Aug
Chicago11:34 → 10:4112:3148 min12:310 min13 Aug
Jersey City12:34 → 11:4112:3748 min12:370 min13 Aug
Port of Spain12:34 → 11:4111:471 min11:470 min13 Aug
London17:34 → 16:4112:410 min12:4148 min14 Aug
Durban18:34 → 17:4111:370 min11:3748 min14 Aug
Dubai20:34 → 19:4112:000 min11:5948 min14 Aug
Delhi22:04 → 21:1112:020 min12:0248 min14 Aug
Kolkata22:04 → 21:1111:170 min11:1748 min14 Aug
Singapore00:34 → 23:4112:460 min12:4548 min14 Aug
Sydney02:34 → 01:4111:360 min11:3648 min14 Aug
Suva04:34 → 03:4111:470 min11:4748 min14 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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