Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2020

Saturday 25 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 104 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 24 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 Saturday 25 July

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 17:05 on Fri 24 Jul to 14:32 on Sat 25 Jul.

    2020-07-24T09:04:43Z → 2020-07-25T06:32:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 24th, 12:00–12:48 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 6243 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2020: Saturday 25 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2020 falls on Saturday 25 July. Pañcamī runs from 17:05 on Fri 24 Jul to 14:32 on Sat 25 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 Jul
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:05 → 23:3212:3548 min12:350 min24 Jul
Chicago04:05 → 01:3212:3348 min12:330 min24 Jul
Jersey City05:05 → 02:3212:3948 min12:390 min24 Jul
Port of Spain05:05 → 02:3211:4948 min11:490 min24 Jul
London10:05 → 07:3212:4348 min12:430 min24 Jul
Durban11:05 → 08:3211:3948 min11:390 min24 Jul
Dubai13:05 → 10:3212:010 min12:010 min25 Jul
Delhi14:35 → 12:0212:030 min12:030 min25 Jul
Kolkata14:35 → 12:0211:190 min11:1944 min25 Jul
Singapore17:05 → 14:3212:470 min12:4748 min25 Jul
Sydney19:05 → 16:3211:380 min11:3848 min25 Jul
Suva21:05 → 18:3211:490 min11:4948 min25 Jul
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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