Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2038

Sunday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 581 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 Saturday 30 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

Midday of Sunday 31 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

Caturthī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 00:58 on Sun 31 Oct to 22:06 on Sun 31 Oct.

    2038-10-30T16:57:57Z → 2038-10-31T14:06:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 34834 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2038: Sunday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2038 falls on Sunday 31 October. Caturthī runs from 00:58 on Sun 31 Oct to 22:06 on Sun 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:58 → 07:0612:1248 min12:120 min30 Oct
Chicago11:58 → 09:0612:1048 min12:100 min30 Oct
Jersey City12:58 → 10:0612:166 min12:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain12:58 → 10:0611:260 min11:260 min31 Oct
London17:58 → 14:0612:200 min11:2048 min31 Oct
Durban18:58 → 16:0611:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai20:58 → 18:0611:380 min11:3848 min31 Oct
Delhi22:28 → 19:3611:410 min11:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata22:28 → 19:3610:560 min10:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore00:58 → 22:0612:240 min12:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney03:58 → 01:0612:150 min12:1548 min31 Oct
Suva04:58 → 02:0611:260 min11:2648 min31 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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