Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2097

Monday 12 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 107 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 11 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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 15:01 on Sun 11 Aug to 14:34 on Mon 12 Aug.

    2097-08-11T07:00:48Z → 2097-08-12T06:34:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 6406 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Baoding, 2097: Monday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Pañcamī 2097 falls on Monday 12 August. Pañcamī runs from 15:01 on Sun 11 Aug to 14:34 on Mon 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 12 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 12 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles00:01 → 23:3412:3448 min12:340 min11 Aug
Chicago02:01 → 01:3412:3248 min12:320 min11 Aug
Jersey City03:01 → 02:3412:3848 min12:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain03:01 → 02:3411:4848 min11:470 min11 Aug
London08:01 → 07:3412:4248 min12:410 min11 Aug
Durban09:01 → 08:3411:3848 min11:370 min11 Aug
Dubai11:01 → 10:3412:0048 min12:000 min11 Aug
Delhi12:31 → 12:0412:0220 min12:022 min12 Aug
Kolkata12:31 → 12:0411:180 min11:1846 min12 Aug
Singapore15:01 → 14:3412:460 min12:4648 min12 Aug
Sydney17:01 → 16:3411:370 min11:3748 min12 Aug
Suva19:01 → 18:3411:480 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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