Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2046

Thursday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 90 minutes.

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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 Thursday 1 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 Friday 2 November

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 10:07 on Thu 1 Nov to 08:17 on Fri 2 Nov.

    2046-11-01T02:07:02Z → 2046-11-02T00:16:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 1st, 11:37–12:25 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 5429 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2046: Thursday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2046 falls on Thursday 1 November. Caturthī runs from 10:07 on Thu 1 Nov to 08:17 on Fri 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:07 → 17:1712:1248 min12:120 min1 Nov
Chicago21:07 → 19:1712:1048 min12:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City22:07 → 20:1712:1648 min12:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain22:07 → 20:1711:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London02:07 → 00:1711:2048 min11:200 min1 Nov
Durban04:07 → 02:1711:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Dubai06:07 → 04:1711:3848 min11:380 min1 Nov
Delhi07:37 → 05:4711:4148 min11:400 min1 Nov
Kolkata07:37 → 05:4710:5648 min10:560 min1 Nov
Singapore10:07 → 08:1712:2448 min12:240 min1 Nov
Sydney13:07 → 11:1712:150 min12:150 min2 Nov
Suva14:07 → 12:1711:260 min11:2648 min2 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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