Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2023

Monday 21 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 446 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 Monday 21 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 22 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 02:53 on Mon 21 Aug to 04:31 on Tue 22 Aug.

    2023-08-20T18:52:32Z → 2023-08-21T20:30:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 26757 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2023: Monday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2023 falls on Monday 21 August. Pañcamī runs from 02:53 on Mon 21 Aug to 04:31 on Tue 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2023/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:53 → 13:3112:3248 min12:3248 min21 Aug
Chicago13:53 → 15:3112:300 min12:2948 min21 Aug
Jersey City14:53 → 16:3112:350 min12:3548 min21 Aug
Port of Spain14:53 → 16:3111:450 min11:4548 min21 Aug
London19:53 → 21:3112:390 min12:3948 min21 Aug
Durban20:53 → 22:3111:360 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Dubai22:53 → 00:3111:580 min11:5848 min21 Aug
Delhi00:23 → 02:0112:000 min12:0048 min21 Aug
Kolkata00:23 → 02:0111:160 min11:1648 min21 Aug
Singapore02:53 → 04:3112:440 min12:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney04:53 → 06:3111:350 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Suva06:53 → 08:3111:460 min11:4648 min21 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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