Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2006

Sunday 30 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 478 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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 30 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 20:46 on Sat 29 Jul to 23:24 on Sun 30 Jul.

    2006-07-29T12:46:26Z → 2006-07-30T15:23:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 29th, 12:00–12:48 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 28684 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2006: Sunday 30 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2006 falls on Sunday 30 July. Pañcamī runs from 20:46 on Sat 29 Jul to 23:24 on Sun 30 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:46 → 08:2412:3548 min12:350 min29 Jul
Chicago07:46 → 10:2412:3348 min12:330 min29 Jul
Jersey City08:46 → 11:2412:3848 min12:380 min29 Jul
Port of Spain08:46 → 11:2411:4848 min11:480 min29 Jul
London13:46 → 16:2412:420 min12:4248 min30 Jul
Durban14:46 → 17:2411:390 min11:3848 min30 Jul
Dubai16:46 → 19:2412:010 min12:0148 min30 Jul
Delhi18:16 → 20:5412:030 min12:0348 min30 Jul
Kolkata18:16 → 20:5411:190 min11:1948 min30 Jul
Singapore20:46 → 23:2412:470 min12:4748 min30 Jul
Sydney22:46 → 01:2411:380 min11:3848 min30 Jul
Suva00:46 → 03:2411:490 min11:4948 min30 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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