Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2018

Wednesday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 361 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 Wednesday 15 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 16 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 05:58 on Wed 15 Aug to 04:22 on Thu 16 Aug.

    2018-08-14T21:57:52Z → 2018-08-15T20:21:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 15th, 11:58–12:46 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 21631 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2018: Wednesday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2018 falls on Wednesday 15 August. Pañcamī runs from 05:58 on Wed 15 Aug to 04:22 on Thu 16 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:58 → 13:2212:330 min12:3348 min15 Aug
Chicago16:58 → 15:2212:310 min12:3148 min15 Aug
Jersey City17:58 → 16:2212:370 min12:3648 min15 Aug
Port of Spain17:58 → 16:2211:470 min11:4648 min15 Aug
London22:58 → 21:2212:410 min12:4048 min15 Aug
Durban23:58 → 22:2211:370 min11:3748 min15 Aug
Dubai01:58 → 00:2211:590 min11:5948 min15 Aug
Delhi03:28 → 01:5212:020 min12:0148 min15 Aug
Kolkata03:28 → 01:5211:170 min11:1748 min15 Aug
Singapore05:58 → 04:2212:450 min12:4548 min15 Aug
Sydney07:58 → 06:2211:360 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva09:58 → 08:2211:470 min11:4748 min15 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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