Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2069

Thursday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 21 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 22 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:59:25
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 10:37 on Wed 21 Aug to 12:59 on Thu 22 Aug.

    2069-08-21T02:37:03Z → 2069-08-22T04:59:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 872 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2069: Thursday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2069 falls on Thursday 22 August. Pañcamī runs from 10:37 on Wed 21 Aug to 12:59 on Thu 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:37 → 21:5912:3248 min12:320 min21 Aug
Chicago21:37 → 23:5912:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City22:37 → 00:5912:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain22:37 → 00:5911:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London03:37 → 05:5912:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban04:37 → 06:5911:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai06:37 → 08:5911:5848 min11:580 min21 Aug
Delhi08:07 → 10:2912:0048 min12:000 min21 Aug
Kolkata08:07 → 10:2911:1648 min11:150 min21 Aug
Singapore10:37 → 12:5912:4448 min12:4416 min22 Aug
Sydney12:37 → 14:5911:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva14:37 → 16:5911:460 min11:4648 min22 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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