Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2014

Monday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 363 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 Monday 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 Tuesday 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 05:35 on Mon 27 Oct to 04:37 on Tue 28 Oct.

    2014-10-26T21:34:49Z → 2014-10-27T20:36:35Z

  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 21780 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2014: Monday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2014 falls on Monday 27 October. Caturthī runs from 05:35 on Mon 27 Oct to 04:37 on Tue 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles14:35 → 13:3712:130 min12:1348 min27 Oct
Chicago16:35 → 15:3712:100 min12:1048 min27 Oct
Jersey City17:35 → 16:3712:160 min12:1648 min27 Oct
Port of Spain17:35 → 16:3711:260 min11:2648 min27 Oct
London21:35 → 20:3711:200 min11:2048 min27 Oct
Durban23:35 → 22:3711:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai01:35 → 00:3711:390 min11:3948 min27 Oct
Delhi03:05 → 02:0711:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata03:05 → 02:0710:560 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore05:35 → 04:3712:250 min12:2548 min27 Oct
Sydney08:35 → 07:3712:150 min12:1548 min27 Oct
Suva09:35 → 08:3711:260 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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