Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2038

Thursday 5 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 570 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 Wednesday 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 Thursday 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 00:45 on Thu 5 Aug to 22:18 on Thu 5 Aug.

    2038-08-04T16:45:15Z → 2038-08-05T14:17:49Z

  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 34191 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2038: Thursday 5 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2038 falls on Thursday 5 August. Pañcamī runs from 00:45 on Thu 5 Aug to 22:18 on Thu 5 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles09:45 → 07:1812:3548 min12:350 min4 Aug
Chicago11:45 → 09:1812:3248 min12:320 min4 Aug
Jersey City12:45 → 10:1812:3841 min12:380 min4 Aug
Port of Spain12:45 → 10:1811:480 min11:480 min5 Aug
London17:45 → 15:1812:420 min12:4248 min5 Aug
Durban18:45 → 16:1811:380 min11:3848 min5 Aug
Dubai20:45 → 18:1812:010 min12:0148 min5 Aug
Delhi22:15 → 19:4812:030 min12:0348 min5 Aug
Kolkata22:15 → 19:4811:190 min11:1948 min5 Aug
Singapore00:45 → 22:1812:470 min12:4748 min5 Aug
Sydney02:45 → 00:1811:380 min11:3748 min5 Aug
Suva04:45 → 02:1811:490 min11:4948 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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