Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2014

Friday 1 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 209 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 Thursday 31 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 Friday 1 August

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 16:17 on Thu 31 Jul to 18:16 on Fri 1 Aug.

    2014-07-31T08:16:48Z → 2014-08-01T10:16:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 31st, 12:00–12:48 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 12510 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2014: Friday 1 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2014 falls on Friday 1 August. Pañcamī runs from 16:17 on Thu 31 Jul to 18:16 on Fri 1 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:17 → 03:1612:3548 min12:350 min31 Jul
Chicago03:17 → 05:1612:3348 min12:330 min31 Jul
Jersey City04:17 → 06:1612:3848 min12:380 min31 Jul
Port of Spain04:17 → 06:1611:4848 min11:480 min31 Jul
London09:17 → 11:1612:4248 min12:420 min31 Jul
Durban10:17 → 12:1611:3848 min11:3838 min1 Aug
Dubai12:17 → 14:1612:0132 min12:0148 min1 Aug
Delhi13:47 → 15:4612:030 min12:0348 min1 Aug
Kolkata13:47 → 15:4611:190 min11:1948 min1 Aug
Singapore16:17 → 18:1612:470 min12:4748 min1 Aug
Sydney18:17 → 20:1611:380 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Suva20:17 → 22:1611:490 min11:4948 min1 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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