Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2003

Saturday 2 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 101 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 Saturday 2 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

Midday of Sunday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:20 on Sat 2 Aug to 08:31 on Sun 3 Aug.

    2003-08-02T02:19:33Z → 2003-08-03T00:30:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 2nd, 12:00–12:48 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 6037 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2003: Saturday 2 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2003 falls on Saturday 2 August. Pañcamī runs from 10:20 on Sat 2 Aug to 08:31 on Sun 3 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:20 → 17:3112:3548 min12:350 min2 Aug
Chicago21:20 → 19:3112:3348 min12:320 min2 Aug
Jersey City22:20 → 20:3112:3848 min12:380 min2 Aug
Port of Spain22:20 → 20:3111:4848 min11:480 min2 Aug
London03:20 → 01:3112:4248 min12:420 min2 Aug
Durban04:20 → 02:3111:3848 min11:380 min2 Aug
Dubai06:20 → 04:3112:0148 min12:010 min2 Aug
Delhi07:50 → 06:0112:0348 min12:030 min2 Aug
Kolkata07:50 → 06:0111:1948 min11:190 min2 Aug
Singapore10:20 → 08:3112:4748 min12:470 min2 Aug
Sydney12:20 → 10:3111:386 min11:380 min2 Aug
Suva14:20 → 12:3111:490 min11:4942 min3 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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