Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2018

Sunday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 564 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 Sunday 11 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 Monday 12 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 00:43 on Sun 11 Nov to 02:15 on Mon 12 Nov.

    2018-11-10T16:42:39Z → 2018-11-11T18:14:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 33810 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2018: Sunday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2018 falls on Sunday 11 November. Caturthī runs from 00:43 on Sun 11 Nov to 02:15 on Mon 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:43 → 10:1511:1348 min11:130 min10 Nov
Chicago10:43 → 12:1511:1048 min11:1048 min11 Nov
Jersey City11:43 → 13:1511:1621 min11:1648 min11 Nov
Port of Spain12:43 → 14:1511:260 min11:2648 min11 Nov
London16:43 → 18:1511:200 min11:2048 min11 Nov
Durban18:43 → 20:1511:160 min11:1648 min11 Nov
Dubai20:43 → 22:1511:390 min11:3948 min11 Nov
Delhi22:13 → 23:4511:410 min11:4148 min11 Nov
Kolkata22:13 → 23:4510:560 min10:5648 min11 Nov
Singapore00:43 → 02:1512:240 min12:2548 min11 Nov
Sydney03:43 → 05:1512:150 min12:1548 min11 Nov
Suva05:43 → 07:1512:260 min12:2648 min11 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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