Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2024

Friday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 374 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 Friday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 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 03:07 on Fri 9 Aug to 05:45 on Sat 10 Aug.

    2024-08-08T19:07:12Z → 2024-08-09T21:44:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 22469 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2024: Friday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2024 falls on Friday 9 August. Pañcamī runs from 03:07 on Fri 9 Aug to 05:45 on Sat 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:07 → 14:4512:3448 min12:3448 min9 Aug
Chicago14:07 → 16:4512:320 min12:3248 min9 Aug
Jersey City15:07 → 17:4512:380 min12:3748 min9 Aug
Port of Spain15:07 → 17:4511:480 min11:4748 min9 Aug
London20:07 → 22:4512:420 min12:4148 min9 Aug
Durban21:07 → 23:4511:380 min11:3848 min9 Aug
Dubai23:07 → 01:4512:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi00:37 → 03:1512:030 min12:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata00:37 → 03:1511:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore03:07 → 05:4512:460 min12:4648 min9 Aug
Sydney05:07 → 07:4511:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva07:07 → 09:4511:480 min11:4848 min9 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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