Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2005

Wednesday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 435 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 10 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 20:03 on Tue 9 Aug to 21:33 on Wed 10 Aug.

    2005-08-09T12:02:33Z → 2005-08-10T13:33:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 26111 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2005: Wednesday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2005 falls on Wednesday 10 August. Pañcamī runs from 20:03 on Tue 9 Aug to 21:33 on Wed 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:03 → 06:3312:3448 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago07:03 → 08:3312:3248 min12:320 min9 Aug
Jersey City08:03 → 09:3312:3748 min12:370 min9 Aug
Port of Spain08:03 → 09:3311:4748 min11:470 min9 Aug
London13:03 → 14:3312:4127 min12:4148 min10 Aug
Durban14:03 → 15:3311:380 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai16:03 → 17:3312:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi17:33 → 19:0312:020 min12:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata17:33 → 19:0311:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore20:03 → 21:3312:460 min12:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney22:03 → 23:3311:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva00:03 → 01:3311:480 min11:4848 min10 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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