Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2010

Tuesday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 222 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 Tuesday 9 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

Midday of Wednesday 10 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 07:56 on Tue 9 Nov to 07:42 on Wed 10 Nov.

    2010-11-08T23:55:40Z → 2010-11-09T23:42:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 9th, 11:38–12:26 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 13324 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2010: Tuesday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2010 falls on Tuesday 9 November. Caturthī runs from 07:56 on Tue 9 Nov to 07:42 on Wed 10 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2010/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:56 → 15:4211:130 min11:1348 min9 Nov
Chicago17:56 → 17:4211:100 min11:1048 min9 Nov
Jersey City18:56 → 18:4211:160 min11:1648 min9 Nov
Port of Spain19:56 → 19:4211:260 min11:2648 min9 Nov
London23:56 → 23:4211:200 min11:2048 min9 Nov
Durban01:56 → 01:4211:160 min11:1648 min9 Nov
Dubai03:56 → 03:4211:380 min11:3848 min9 Nov
Delhi05:26 → 05:1211:410 min11:4148 min9 Nov
Kolkata05:26 → 05:1210:560 min10:5648 min9 Nov
Singapore07:56 → 07:4212:240 min12:2448 min9 Nov
Sydney10:56 → 10:4212:150 min12:1548 min9 Nov
Suva12:56 → 12:4212:260 min12:2619 min10 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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