Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2004

Friday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 96 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 Friday 20 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

Midday of Saturday 21 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 10:22 on Fri 20 Aug to 09:39 on Sat 21 Aug.

    2004-08-20T02:21:38Z → 2004-08-21T01:39:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 5733 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2004: Friday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2004 falls on Friday 20 August. Pañcamī runs from 10:22 on Fri 20 Aug to 09:39 on Sat 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:22 → 18:3912:3248 min12:320 min20 Aug
Chicago21:22 → 20:3912:2948 min12:290 min20 Aug
Jersey City22:22 → 21:3912:3548 min12:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain22:22 → 21:3911:4548 min11:450 min20 Aug
London03:22 → 02:3912:3948 min12:390 min20 Aug
Durban04:22 → 03:3911:3548 min11:350 min20 Aug
Dubai06:22 → 05:3911:5848 min11:580 min20 Aug
Delhi07:52 → 07:0912:0048 min12:000 min20 Aug
Kolkata07:52 → 07:0911:1648 min11:150 min20 Aug
Singapore10:22 → 09:3912:4448 min12:440 min20 Aug
Sydney12:22 → 11:3911:351 min11:355 min21 Aug
Suva14:22 → 13:3911:460 min11:4648 min21 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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