Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2007

Saturday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 17 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:43:10
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 18 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 11:43 on Fri 17 Aug to 13:59 on Sat 18 Aug.

    2007-08-17T03:43:10Z → 2007-08-18T05:59:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 17th, 11:58–12:46 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 893 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2007: Saturday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2007 falls on Saturday 18 August. Pañcamī runs from 11:43 on Fri 17 Aug to 13:59 on Sat 18 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:43 → 22:5912:3348 min12:330 min17 Aug
Chicago22:43 → 00:5912:3048 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City23:43 → 01:5912:3648 min12:360 min17 Aug
Port of Spain23:43 → 01:5911:4648 min11:460 min17 Aug
London04:43 → 06:5912:4048 min12:400 min17 Aug
Durban05:43 → 07:5911:3648 min11:360 min17 Aug
Dubai07:43 → 09:5911:5948 min11:590 min17 Aug
Delhi09:13 → 11:2912:0148 min12:010 min17 Aug
Kolkata09:13 → 11:2911:1748 min11:1613 min18 Aug
Singapore11:43 → 13:5912:4548 min12:4548 min18 Aug
Sydney13:43 → 15:5911:360 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva15:43 → 17:5911:470 min11:4648 min18 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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