Midday of Friday 20 October
Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:39 13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 1944
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 360 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 20 October
Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 21 October
Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturthī runs from 19:27 on Fri 20 Oct to 20:22 on Sat 21 Oct.
1944-10-20T10:26:48Z → 1944-10-21T11:22:22Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:39–13:27 on the 20th, 12:39–13:27 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 21602 s
Ruling
Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 1944: Saturday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 1944 falls on Saturday 21 October. Caturthī runs from 19:27 on Fri 20 Oct to 20:22 on Sat 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 21 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naga-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 4 Naga caturthi (paraviddha and madhyahnavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturthī | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:27 → 04:22 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 05:27 → 06:22 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 06:27 → 07:22 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:27 → 08:22 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 11:27 → 12:22 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 2 min | 21 Oct |
| Durban | 12:27 → 13:22 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:27 → 15:22 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:57 → 17:52 | 12:42 | 0 min | 12:42 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:57 → 17:52 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 19:27 → 20:22 | 13:25 | 0 min | 13:25 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:27 → 21:22 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 22:27 → 23:22 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 21 Oct |