Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2015

Wednesday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 61 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 Wednesday 19 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 20 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 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 08:23 on Wed 19 Aug to 10:56 on Thu 20 Aug.

    2015-08-19T00:23:22Z → 2015-08-20T02:56:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 3657 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2015: Wednesday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2015 falls on Wednesday 19 August. Pañcamī runs from 08:23 on Wed 19 Aug to 10:56 on Thu 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:23 → 19:5612:3248 min12:320 min19 Aug
Chicago19:23 → 21:5612:3048 min12:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City20:23 → 22:5612:3648 min12:350 min19 Aug
Port of Spain20:23 → 22:5611:4648 min11:450 min19 Aug
London01:23 → 03:5612:4048 min12:390 min19 Aug
Durban02:23 → 04:5611:3648 min11:360 min19 Aug
Dubai04:23 → 06:5611:5848 min11:580 min19 Aug
Delhi05:53 → 08:2612:0148 min12:000 min19 Aug
Kolkata05:53 → 08:2611:1648 min11:160 min19 Aug
Singapore08:23 → 10:5612:4448 min12:440 min19 Aug
Sydney10:23 → 12:5611:3548 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva12:23 → 14:5611:4611 min11:4648 min20 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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