Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2087

Thursday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 336 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 30 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 Friday 31 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 03:26 on Thu 30 Oct to 06:02 on Fri 31 Oct.

    2087-10-29T19:25:36Z → 2087-10-30T22:02:02Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 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 20144 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Baoding, 2087: Thursday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nāga Caturthī 2087 falls on Thursday 30 October. Caturthī runs from 03:26 on Thu 30 Oct to 06:02 on Fri 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2087/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:26 → 15:0212:1335 min12:1348 min30 Oct
Chicago14:26 → 17:0212:100 min12:1048 min30 Oct
Jersey City15:26 → 18:0212:160 min12:1648 min30 Oct
Port of Spain15:26 → 18:0211:260 min11:2648 min30 Oct
London19:26 → 22:0211:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban21:26 → 00:0211:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai23:26 → 02:0211:390 min11:3948 min30 Oct
Delhi00:56 → 03:3211:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata00:56 → 03:3210:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore03:26 → 06:0212:250 min12:2548 min30 Oct
Sydney06:26 → 09:0212:150 min12:1548 min30 Oct
Suva07:26 → 10:0211:260 min11:2648 min30 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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