Ruling · Nāga Caturthī · 2027

Tuesday 2 November

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 282 minutes.

Decide it for

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 1 November

Caturthī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 2 November

Taken. The only midday Caturthī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 17:16 on Mon 1 Nov to 18:03 on Tue 2 Nov.

    2027-11-01T11:45:59Z → 2027-11-02T12:32:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 1st, 11:46–12:34 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 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 16898 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nāga Caturthī, Ujjain, 2027: Tuesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Nāga Caturthī 2027 falls on Tuesday 2 November. Caturthī runs from 17:16 on Mon 1 Nov to 18:03 on Tue 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/naga-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 Angeles04:46 → 05:3312:1248 min12:120 min1 Nov
Chicago06:46 → 07:3312:1048 min12:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City07:46 → 08:3312:1648 min12:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain07:46 → 08:3311:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London11:46 → 12:3311:2022 min11:2048 min2 Nov
Durban13:46 → 14:3311:160 min11:1648 min2 Nov
Dubai15:46 → 16:3311:380 min11:3848 min2 Nov
Delhi17:16 → 18:0311:400 min11:4048 min2 Nov
Kolkata17:16 → 18:0310:560 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore19:46 → 20:3312:240 min12:2448 min2 Nov
Sydney22:46 → 23:3312:150 min12:1548 min2 Nov
Suva23:46 → 00:3311:260 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