Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2000

Friday 4 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 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 Thursday 3 August

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

Midday of Friday 4 August

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 22:45 on Thu 3 Aug to 21:16 on Fri 4 Aug.

    2000-08-03T14:45:23Z → 2000-08-04T13:16:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 3rd, 12:00–12:48 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 30510 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2000: Friday 4 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2000 falls on Friday 4 August. Pañcamī runs from 22:45 on Thu 3 Aug to 21:16 on Fri 4 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:45 → 06:1612:3548 min12:350 min3 Aug
Chicago09:45 → 08:1612:3248 min12:320 min3 Aug
Jersey City10:45 → 09:1612:3848 min12:380 min3 Aug
Port of Spain10:45 → 09:1611:4848 min11:480 min3 Aug
London15:45 → 14:1612:420 min12:4248 min4 Aug
Durban16:45 → 15:1611:380 min11:3848 min4 Aug
Dubai18:45 → 17:1612:010 min12:0148 min4 Aug
Delhi20:15 → 18:4612:030 min12:0348 min4 Aug
Kolkata20:15 → 18:4611:190 min11:1848 min4 Aug
Singapore22:45 → 21:1612:470 min12:4748 min4 Aug
Sydney00:45 → 23:1611:380 min11:3748 min4 Aug
Suva02:45 → 01:1611:490 min11:4848 min4 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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