Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 1995

Friday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 420 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 27 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

Midday of Saturday 28 October

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 04:38 on Fri 27 Oct to 01:47 on Sat 28 Oct.

    1995-10-26T20:38:20Z → 1995-10-27T17:47:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 27th, 11:38–12:26 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 25171 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 1995: Friday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 1995 falls on Friday 27 October. Caturthī runs from 04:38 on Fri 27 Oct to 01:47 on Sat 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:38 → 10:4712:130 min12:130 min27 Oct
Chicago15:38 → 12:4712:100 min12:1037 min27 Oct
Jersey City16:38 → 13:4712:160 min12:1648 min27 Oct
Port of Spain16:38 → 13:4711:260 min11:2648 min27 Oct
London20:38 → 17:4711:200 min11:2048 min27 Oct
Durban22:38 → 19:4711:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai00:38 → 21:4711:390 min11:3948 min27 Oct
Delhi02:08 → 23:1711:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata02:08 → 23:1710:560 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore04:38 → 01:4712:250 min12:2548 min27 Oct
Sydney06:38 → 03:4711:160 min11:1548 min27 Oct
Suva08:38 → 05:4711:270 min11:2648 min27 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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