Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2002

Monday 12 August

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 196 minutes.

Decide it for

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44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 12 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 13 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

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 09:40 on Mon 12 Aug to 06:46 on Tue 13 Aug.

    2002-08-12T06:40:24Z → 2002-08-13T03:46:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 12th, 12:56–13:44 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 11751 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Bucharest, 2002: Monday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Nāga Pañcamī 2002 falls on Monday 12 August. Pañcamī runs from 09:40 on Mon 12 Aug to 06:46 on Tue 13 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2002/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 Bucharest.

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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:40 → 20:4612:3448 min12:340 min12 Aug
Chicago01:40 → 22:4612:3148 min12:310 min12 Aug
Jersey City02:40 → 23:4612:3748 min12:370 min12 Aug
Port of Spain02:40 → 23:4611:4748 min11:470 min12 Aug
London07:40 → 04:4612:4148 min12:410 min12 Aug
Durban08:40 → 05:4611:3748 min11:370 min12 Aug
Dubai10:40 → 07:4612:0048 min12:000 min12 Aug
Delhi12:10 → 09:1612:0240 min12:020 min12 Aug
Kolkata12:10 → 09:1611:170 min11:170 min13 Aug
Singapore14:40 → 11:4612:460 min12:460 min13 Aug
Sydney16:40 → 13:4611:360 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva18:40 → 15:4611:480 min11:4748 min13 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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