Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 1959

Wednesday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 260 minutes.

Decide it for

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 3 November

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 November

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 20:00 on Tue 3 Nov to 16:45 on Wed 4 Nov.

    1959-11-03T12:00:15Z → 1959-11-04T08:45:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 15577 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 1959: Wednesday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 1959 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Caturthī runs from 20:00 on Tue 3 Nov to 16:45 on Wed 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:00 → 00:4511:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago06:00 → 02:4511:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City07:00 → 03:4511:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain08:00 → 04:4511:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London12:00 → 08:4511:208 min11:200 min3 Nov
Durban14:00 → 10:4511:160 min11:160 min4 Nov
Dubai16:00 → 12:4511:380 min11:3848 min4 Nov
Delhi17:30 → 14:1511:410 min11:4148 min4 Nov
Kolkata17:30 → 14:1510:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore19:30 → 16:1511:540 min11:5448 min4 Nov
Sydney22:00 → 18:4511:150 min11:1548 min4 Nov
Suva00:00 → 20:4511:260 min11:2648 min4 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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