Ruling · Nāga Pañcamī · 1925

Sunday 26 July

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 46 s.

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30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 25 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:26  13:14 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:05:29
11:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:3814:02

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 26 July

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

madhyāhna begins 12:26  13:14 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:23:01
11:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:3814:02

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 12:05 on Sat 25 Jul to 13:23 on Sun 26 Jul.

    1925-07-25T06:35:30Z → 1925-07-26T07:53:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:26–13:14 on the 25th, 12:26–13:14 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 526 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Pañcamī, Multan, 1925: Sunday 26 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Nāga Pañcamī 1925 falls on Sunday 26 July. Pañcamī runs from 12:05 on Sat 25 Jul to 13:23 on Sun 26 Jul 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/multan/festivals/1925/naga-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:35 → 23:5311:3548 min11:350 min25 Jul
Chicago01:35 → 02:5312:3348 min12:330 min25 Jul
Jersey City02:35 → 03:5312:3848 min12:380 min25 Jul
Port of Spain02:35 → 03:5311:4848 min11:480 min25 Jul
London07:35 → 08:5312:4248 min12:420 min25 Jul
Durban08:35 → 09:5311:3848 min11:380 min25 Jul
Dubai10:35 → 11:5312:0148 min12:010 min25 Jul
Delhi12:05 → 13:2312:0346 min12:0348 min26 Jul
Kolkata12:05 → 13:2311:191 min11:1948 min26 Jul
Singapore13:35 → 14:5311:470 min11:4748 min26 Jul
Sydney16:35 → 17:5311:380 min11:3848 min26 Jul
Suva18:35 → 19:5311:490 min11:4948 min26 Jul
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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