Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2076

Saturday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 436 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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 1 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 04:22 on Sat 31 Oct to 03:28 on Sun 1 Nov.

    2076-10-30T20:21:33Z → 2076-10-31T19:28:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 26167 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2076: Saturday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2076 falls on Saturday 31 October. Caturthī runs from 04:22 on Sat 31 Oct to 03:28 on Sun 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 Angeles13:22 → 12:2812:130 min12:1316 min31 Oct
Chicago15:22 → 14:2812:100 min12:1048 min31 Oct
Jersey City16:22 → 15:2812:160 min12:1648 min31 Oct
Port of Spain16:22 → 15:2811:260 min11:2648 min31 Oct
London20:22 → 19:2811:200 min11:2048 min31 Oct
Durban22:22 → 21:2811:160 min11:1648 min31 Oct
Dubai00:22 → 23:2811:380 min11:3848 min31 Oct
Delhi01:52 → 00:5811:410 min11:4148 min31 Oct
Kolkata01:52 → 00:5810:560 min10:5648 min31 Oct
Singapore04:22 → 03:2812:240 min12:2448 min31 Oct
Sydney07:22 → 06:2812:150 min12:1548 min31 Oct
Suva08:22 → 07:2811:260 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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