Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1997

Friday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 455 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 8 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 Saturday 9 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 01:54 on Fri 8 Aug to 04:24 on Sat 9 Aug.

    1997-08-07T17:54:21Z → 1997-08-08T20:24:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 27310 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1997: Friday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1997 falls on Friday 8 August. Pañcamī runs from 01:54 on Fri 8 Aug to 04:24 on Sat 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:54 → 13:2412:3448 min12:3448 min8 Aug
Chicago12:54 → 15:2412:3226 min12:3248 min8 Aug
Jersey City13:54 → 16:2412:380 min12:3848 min8 Aug
Port of Spain13:54 → 16:2411:480 min11:4848 min8 Aug
London18:54 → 21:2412:420 min12:4248 min8 Aug
Durban19:54 → 22:2411:380 min11:3848 min8 Aug
Dubai21:54 → 00:2412:000 min12:0048 min8 Aug
Delhi23:24 → 01:5412:030 min12:0348 min8 Aug
Kolkata23:24 → 01:5411:180 min11:1848 min8 Aug
Singapore01:54 → 04:2412:460 min12:4648 min8 Aug
Sydney03:54 → 06:2411:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva05:54 → 08:2411:480 min11:4848 min8 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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