Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2024

Tuesday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 530 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 Tuesday 5 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 6 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 01:55 on Tue 5 Nov to 02:47 on Wed 6 Nov.

    2024-11-04T17:54:44Z → 2024-11-05T18:47:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 31813 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2024: Tuesday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2024 falls on Tuesday 5 November. Caturthī runs from 01:55 on Tue 5 Nov to 02:47 on Wed 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:55 → 10:4711:1248 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago11:55 → 12:4711:103 min11:1048 min5 Nov
Jersey City12:55 → 13:4711:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Port of Spain13:55 → 14:4711:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London17:55 → 18:4711:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban19:55 → 20:4711:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai21:55 → 22:4711:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi23:25 → 00:1711:400 min11:4048 min5 Nov
Kolkata23:25 → 00:1710:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore01:55 → 02:4712:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney04:55 → 05:4712:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva05:55 → 06:4711:260 min11:2648 min5 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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