Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2040

Monday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 118 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 Sunday 12 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

Midday of Monday 13 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 14:45 on Sun 12 Aug to 15:23 on Mon 13 Aug.

    2040-08-12T06:45:03Z → 2040-08-13T07:22:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 12th, 11:59–12:47 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 7090 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2040: Monday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2040 falls on Monday 13 August. Pañcamī runs from 14:45 on Sun 12 Aug to 15:23 on Mon 13 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2040/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:45 → 00:2312:3448 min12:330 min12 Aug
Chicago01:45 → 02:2312:3148 min12:310 min12 Aug
Jersey City02:45 → 03:2312:3748 min12:370 min12 Aug
Port of Spain02:45 → 03:2311:4748 min11:470 min12 Aug
London07:45 → 08:2312:4148 min12:410 min12 Aug
Durban08:45 → 09:2311:3748 min11:370 min12 Aug
Dubai10:45 → 11:2312:0048 min11:590 min12 Aug
Delhi12:15 → 12:5312:0235 min12:0248 min13 Aug
Kolkata12:15 → 12:5311:170 min11:1748 min13 Aug
Singapore14:45 → 15:2312:460 min12:4548 min13 Aug
Sydney16:45 → 17:2311:360 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva18:45 → 19:2311:470 min11:4748 min13 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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