Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1996

Monday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 622 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 18 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 19 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 23:08 on Sun 18 Aug to 00:02 on Tue 20 Aug.

    1996-08-18T15:07:43Z → 1996-08-19T16:02:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 18th, 11:57–12:45 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 37324 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1996: Monday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1996 falls on Monday 19 August. Pañcamī runs from 23:08 on Sun 18 Aug to 00:02 on Tue 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:08 → 09:0212:3248 min12:320 min18 Aug
Chicago10:08 → 11:0212:3048 min12:300 min18 Aug
Jersey City11:08 → 12:0212:3648 min12:350 min18 Aug
Port of Spain11:08 → 12:0211:4648 min11:4517 min19 Aug
London16:08 → 17:0212:400 min12:3948 min19 Aug
Durban17:08 → 18:0211:360 min11:3648 min19 Aug
Dubai19:08 → 20:0211:580 min11:5848 min19 Aug
Delhi20:38 → 21:3212:010 min12:0048 min19 Aug
Kolkata20:38 → 21:3211:160 min11:1648 min19 Aug
Singapore23:08 → 00:0212:440 min12:4448 min19 Aug
Sydney01:08 → 02:0211:350 min11:3548 min19 Aug
Suva03:08 → 04:0211:460 min11:4648 min19 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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