Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 1971

Saturday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 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 Friday 22 October

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 Saturday 23 October

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 22:29 on Fri 22 Oct to 00:06 on Sun 24 Oct.

    1971-10-22T14:28:58Z → 1971-10-23T16:06:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 36148 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 1971: Saturday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 1971 falls on Saturday 23 October. Caturthī runs from 22:29 on Fri 22 Oct to 00:06 on Sun 24 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1971/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 Oct
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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:29 → 09:0612:1348 min12:130 min22 Oct
Chicago09:29 → 11:0612:1148 min12:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City10:29 → 12:0612:1748 min12:160 min22 Oct
Port of Spain10:29 → 12:0611:2748 min11:2640 min23 Oct
London15:29 → 17:0612:210 min12:2148 min23 Oct
Durban16:29 → 18:0611:170 min11:1748 min23 Oct
Dubai18:29 → 20:0611:390 min11:3948 min23 Oct
Delhi19:59 → 21:3611:410 min11:4148 min23 Oct
Kolkata19:59 → 21:3610:570 min10:5748 min23 Oct
Singapore21:59 → 23:3611:550 min11:5548 min23 Oct
Sydney00:29 → 02:0611:160 min11:1648 min23 Oct
Suva02:29 → 04:0611:270 min11:2748 min23 Oct
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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