Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2016

Sunday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 211 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 7 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

Midday of Monday 8 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 06:35 on Sun 7 Aug to 08:29 on Mon 8 Aug.

    2016-08-06T22:34:48Z → 2016-08-08T00:28:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 12646 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2016: Sunday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2016 falls on Sunday 7 August. Pañcamī runs from 06:35 on Sun 7 Aug to 08:29 on Mon 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:35 → 17:2912:350 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago17:35 → 19:2912:320 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City18:35 → 20:2912:380 min12:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain18:35 → 20:2911:480 min11:480 min7 Aug
London23:35 → 01:2912:420 min12:420 min7 Aug
Durban00:35 → 02:2911:380 min11:380 min7 Aug
Dubai02:35 → 04:2912:000 min12:000 min7 Aug
Delhi04:05 → 05:5912:030 min12:020 min7 Aug
Kolkata04:05 → 05:5911:180 min11:180 min7 Aug
Singapore06:35 → 08:2912:460 min12:460 min7 Aug
Sydney08:35 → 10:2911:370 min11:370 min7 Aug
Suva10:35 → 12:2911:480 min11:4841 min8 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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