Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2061

Saturday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 141 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 Friday 19 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 Saturday 20 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 15:07 on Fri 19 Aug to 16:13 on Sat 20 Aug.

    2061-08-19T07:06:34Z → 2061-08-20T08:13:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 8460 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2061: Saturday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2061 falls on Saturday 20 August. Pañcamī runs from 15:07 on Fri 19 Aug to 16:13 on Sat 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:07 → 01:1312:3248 min12:320 min19 Aug
Chicago02:07 → 03:1312:3048 min12:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City03:07 → 04:1312:3648 min12:350 min19 Aug
Port of Spain03:07 → 04:1311:4648 min11:450 min19 Aug
London08:07 → 09:1312:4048 min12:390 min19 Aug
Durban09:07 → 10:1311:3648 min11:360 min19 Aug
Dubai11:07 → 12:1311:5848 min11:5815 min20 Aug
Delhi12:37 → 13:4312:0112 min12:0048 min20 Aug
Kolkata12:37 → 13:4311:160 min11:1648 min20 Aug
Singapore15:07 → 16:1312:440 min12:4448 min20 Aug
Sydney17:07 → 18:1311:350 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva19:07 → 20:1311:460 min11:4648 min20 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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