Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 1936

Wednesday 18 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 404 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 17 November

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 18 November

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 19:11 on Tue 17 Nov to 20:40 on Wed 18 Nov.

    1936-11-17T11:11:11Z → 1936-11-18T12:39:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 17th, 11:39–12:27 on the 18th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 24255 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 1936: Wednesday 18 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 1936 falls on Wednesday 18 November. Caturthī runs from 19:11 on Tue 17 Nov to 20:40 on Wed 18 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 Nov
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-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 4 Naga caturthi (paraviddha and madhyahnavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīMadhyāhna 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:11 → 04:4011:1448 min11:140 min17 Nov
Chicago05:11 → 06:4011:1148 min11:120 min17 Nov
Jersey City06:11 → 07:4011:1748 min11:170 min17 Nov
Port of Spain07:11 → 08:4011:2748 min11:270 min17 Nov
London11:11 → 12:4011:2148 min11:2148 min18 Nov
Durban13:11 → 14:4011:170 min11:1748 min18 Nov
Dubai15:11 → 16:4011:400 min11:4048 min18 Nov
Delhi16:41 → 18:1011:420 min11:4248 min18 Nov
Kolkata16:41 → 18:1010:570 min10:5848 min18 Nov
Singapore18:31 → 20:0011:460 min11:4648 min18 Nov
Sydney21:11 → 22:4011:160 min11:1748 min18 Nov
Suva23:11 → 00:4011:270 min11:2848 min18 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
naga-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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