Midday of Tuesday 5 August
Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:00 12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:33:24
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36
14 of 48 minutes covered, the last 14
Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2008
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 37 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 5 August
Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
14 of 48 minutes covered, the last 14
Midday of Wednesday 6 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 12:33 on Tue 5 Aug to 12:49 on Wed 6 Aug.
2008-08-05T04:33:25Z → 2008-08-06T04:49:22Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 5th, 12:00–12:48 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 14 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 97 s < 300 s
Ruling
Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 6 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2008 falls on Wednesday 6 August. Pañcamī runs from 12:33 on Tue 5 Aug to 12:49 on Wed 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 14 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 1 min 37 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 6 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 6 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naga-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Naga pancami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:33 → 21:49 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Chicago | 23:33 → 23:49 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Jersey City | 00:33 → 00:49 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 00:33 → 00:49 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| London | 05:33 → 05:49 | 12:42 | 48 min | 12:42 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Durban | 06:33 → 06:49 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Dubai | 08:33 → 08:49 | 12:01 | 48 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Delhi | 10:03 → 10:19 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:03 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Kolkata | 10:03 → 10:19 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 5 Aug |
| Singapore | 12:33 → 12:49 | 12:47 | 48 min | 12:46 | 3 min | 6 Aug |
| Sydney | 14:33 → 14:49 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 6 Aug |
| Suva | 16:33 → 16:49 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 6 Aug |