Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2053

Monday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 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 Sunday 17 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 23:27 on Sun 17 Aug to 22:48 on Mon 18 Aug.

    2053-08-17T15:26:59Z → 2053-08-18T14:47:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 17th, 11:58–12:46 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 36123 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2053: Monday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2053 falls on Monday 18 August. Pañcamī runs from 23:27 on Sun 17 Aug to 22:48 on Mon 18 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:27 → 07:4812:3348 min12:320 min17 Aug
Chicago10:27 → 09:4812:3048 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City11:27 → 10:4812:3648 min12:360 min17 Aug
Port of Spain11:27 → 10:4811:4648 min11:460 min17 Aug
London16:27 → 15:4812:400 min12:4048 min18 Aug
Durban17:27 → 16:4811:360 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Dubai19:27 → 18:4811:590 min11:5848 min18 Aug
Delhi20:57 → 20:1812:010 min12:0148 min18 Aug
Kolkata20:57 → 20:1811:170 min11:1648 min18 Aug
Singapore23:27 → 22:4812:450 min12:4548 min18 Aug
Sydney01:27 → 00:4811:360 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva03:27 → 02:4811:470 min11:4648 min18 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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