Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2028

Wednesday 26 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 388 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 Tuesday 25 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 Wednesday 26 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 22:12 on Tue 25 Jul to 19:16 on Wed 26 Jul.

    2028-07-25T14:12:25Z → 2028-07-26T11:16:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 23268 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2028: Wednesday 26 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2028 falls on Wednesday 26 July. Pañcamī runs from 22:12 on Tue 25 Jul to 19:16 on Wed 26 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:12 → 04:1612:3548 min12:350 min25 Jul
Chicago09:12 → 06:1612:3348 min12:330 min25 Jul
Jersey City10:12 → 07:1612:3948 min12:390 min25 Jul
Port of Spain10:12 → 07:1611:4948 min11:490 min25 Jul
London15:12 → 12:1612:430 min12:430 min26 Jul
Durban16:12 → 13:1611:390 min11:3948 min26 Jul
Dubai18:12 → 15:1612:010 min12:0148 min26 Jul
Delhi19:42 → 16:4612:030 min12:0348 min26 Jul
Kolkata19:42 → 16:4611:190 min11:1948 min26 Jul
Singapore22:12 → 19:1612:470 min12:4748 min26 Jul
Sydney00:12 → 21:1611:380 min11:3848 min26 Jul
Suva02:12 → 23:1611:490 min11:4948 min26 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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