Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2019

Monday 5 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 4 August

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 Monday 5 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 21:19 on Sun 4 Aug to 18:25 on Mon 5 Aug.

    2019-08-04T13:19:03Z → 2019-08-05T10:24:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 4th, 12:00–12:48 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 20212 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2019: Monday 5 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2019 falls on Monday 5 August. Pañcamī runs from 21:19 on Sun 4 Aug to 18:25 on Mon 5 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:19 → 03:2512:3548 min12:350 min4 Aug
Chicago08:19 → 05:2512:3248 min12:320 min4 Aug
Jersey City09:19 → 06:2512:3848 min12:380 min4 Aug
Port of Spain09:19 → 06:2511:4848 min11:480 min4 Aug
London14:19 → 11:2512:420 min12:420 min5 Aug
Durban15:19 → 12:2511:380 min11:3847 min5 Aug
Dubai17:19 → 14:2512:010 min12:0148 min5 Aug
Delhi18:49 → 15:5512:030 min12:0348 min5 Aug
Kolkata18:49 → 15:5511:190 min11:1848 min5 Aug
Singapore21:19 → 18:2512:470 min12:4748 min5 Aug
Sydney23:19 → 20:2511:380 min11:3748 min5 Aug
Suva01:19 → 22:2511:490 min11:4848 min5 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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