Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2078

Friday 12 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 274 minutes.

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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 12 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

Midday of Saturday 13 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 05:29 on Fri 12 Aug to 07:25 on Sat 13 Aug.

    2078-08-11T21:29:10Z → 2078-08-12T23:24:35Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 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 16465 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2078: Friday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2078 falls on Friday 12 August. Pañcamī runs from 05:29 on Fri 12 Aug to 07:25 on Sat 13 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:29 → 16:2512:340 min12:3448 min12 Aug
Chicago16:29 → 18:2512:320 min12:3148 min12 Aug
Jersey City17:29 → 19:2512:370 min12:3748 min12 Aug
Port of Spain17:29 → 19:2511:470 min11:4748 min12 Aug
London22:29 → 00:2512:410 min12:4148 min12 Aug
Durban23:29 → 01:2511:380 min11:3748 min12 Aug
Dubai01:29 → 03:2512:000 min12:0048 min12 Aug
Delhi02:59 → 04:5512:020 min12:0248 min12 Aug
Kolkata02:59 → 04:5511:180 min11:1848 min12 Aug
Singapore05:29 → 07:2512:460 min12:4648 min12 Aug
Sydney07:29 → 09:2511:370 min11:3748 min12 Aug
Suva09:29 → 11:2511:480 min11:4848 min12 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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