Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 2008

Wednesday 6 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 5 August

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:33:24
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 August

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:49:21
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

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 12:33 on Tue 5 Aug to 12:49 on Wed 6 Aug.

    2008-08-05T04:33:25Z → 2008-08-06T04:49:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 5th, 11:21–12:09 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 1430 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Daqing, 2008: Wednesday 6 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Nāga Pañcamī 2008 falls on Wednesday 6 August. Pañcamī runs from 12:33 on Tue 5 Aug to 12:49 on Wed 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2008/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:33 → 21:4912:3548 min12:350 min5 Aug
Chicago23:33 → 23:4912:3248 min12:320 min5 Aug
Jersey City00:33 → 00:4912:3848 min12:380 min5 Aug
Port of Spain00:33 → 00:4911:4848 min11:480 min5 Aug
London05:33 → 05:4912:4248 min12:420 min5 Aug
Durban06:33 → 06:4911:3848 min11:380 min5 Aug
Dubai08:33 → 08:4912:0148 min12:000 min5 Aug
Delhi10:03 → 10:1912:0348 min12:030 min5 Aug
Kolkata10:03 → 10:1911:1848 min11:180 min5 Aug
Singapore12:33 → 12:4912:4748 min12:463 min6 Aug
Sydney14:33 → 14:4911:370 min11:3748 min6 Aug
Suva16:33 → 16:4911:480 min11:4848 min6 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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