Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 1994

Sunday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 46 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 Sunday 6 November

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Caturthī begins 10:52:02
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 10:52 on Sun 6 Nov to 07:53 on Mon 7 Nov.

    1994-11-06T02:52:02Z → 1994-11-06T23:53:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 2731 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 1994: Sunday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 1994 falls on Sunday 6 November. Caturthī runs from 10:52 on Sun 6 Nov to 07:53 on Mon 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:52 → 15:5311:1248 min11:120 min6 Nov
Chicago20:52 → 17:5311:1048 min11:100 min6 Nov
Jersey City21:52 → 18:5311:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Port of Spain22:52 → 19:5311:2648 min11:260 min6 Nov
London02:52 → 23:5311:2048 min11:200 min6 Nov
Durban04:52 → 01:5311:1648 min11:160 min6 Nov
Dubai06:52 → 03:5311:3848 min11:380 min6 Nov
Delhi08:22 → 05:2311:4148 min11:410 min6 Nov
Kolkata08:22 → 05:2310:5648 min10:560 min6 Nov
Singapore10:52 → 07:5312:2448 min12:240 min6 Nov
Sydney13:52 → 10:5312:150 min12:150 min7 Nov
Suva14:52 → 11:5311:260 min11:2627 min7 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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