Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1994

Thursday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 144 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 Thursday 11 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 12 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 09:35 on Thu 11 Aug to 07:23 on Fri 12 Aug.

    1994-08-11T01:35:25Z → 1994-08-11T23:23:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 8620 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1994: Thursday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1994 falls on Thursday 11 August. Pañcamī runs from 09:35 on Thu 11 Aug to 07:23 on Fri 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:35 → 16:2312:3448 min12:340 min11 Aug
Chicago20:35 → 18:2312:3148 min12:310 min11 Aug
Jersey City21:35 → 19:2312:3748 min12:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain21:35 → 19:2311:4748 min11:470 min11 Aug
London02:35 → 00:2312:4148 min12:410 min11 Aug
Durban03:35 → 01:2311:3748 min11:370 min11 Aug
Dubai05:35 → 03:2312:0048 min12:000 min11 Aug
Delhi07:05 → 04:5312:0248 min12:020 min11 Aug
Kolkata07:05 → 04:5311:1848 min11:170 min11 Aug
Singapore09:35 → 07:2312:4648 min12:460 min11 Aug
Sydney11:35 → 09:2311:3748 min11:360 min11 Aug
Suva13:35 → 11:2311:480 min11:480 min12 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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