Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1998

Tuesday 28 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 590 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 28 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 00:11 on Tue 28 Jul to 02:11 on Wed 29 Jul.

    1998-07-27T16:11:11Z → 1998-07-28T18:10:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 12:00–12:48 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 35382 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 1998: Tuesday 28 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 1998 falls on Tuesday 28 July. Pañcamī runs from 00:11 on Tue 28 Jul to 02:11 on Wed 29 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 Jul
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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:11 → 11:1112:3548 min12:350 min27 Jul
Chicago11:11 → 13:1112:3348 min12:3338 min28 Jul
Jersey City12:11 → 14:1112:3948 min12:3948 min28 Jul
Port of Spain12:11 → 14:1111:4925 min11:4948 min28 Jul
London17:11 → 19:1112:430 min12:4348 min28 Jul
Durban18:11 → 20:1111:390 min11:3948 min28 Jul
Dubai20:11 → 22:1112:010 min12:0148 min28 Jul
Delhi21:41 → 23:4112:030 min12:0348 min28 Jul
Kolkata21:41 → 23:4111:190 min11:1948 min28 Jul
Singapore00:11 → 02:1112:470 min12:4748 min28 Jul
Sydney02:11 → 04:1111:380 min11:3848 min28 Jul
Suva04:11 → 06:1111:490 min11:4948 min28 Jul
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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