Ruling · Tila Caturthī · 1901

Wednesday 23 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 23 January

Taken. The only evening Caturthī reaches.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:20
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

113 of 113 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 24 January

Caturthī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:29 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:21
17:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:2919:53

0 of 112 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 16:10 on Wed 23 Jan to 13:41 on Thu 24 Jan.

    1901-01-23T08:09:50Z → 1901-01-24T05:41:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:28–19:20 on the 23rd, 17:29–19:21 on the 24th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 112 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4686 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Tila Caturthī, Baoding, 1901: Wednesday 23 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Tila Caturthī 1901 falls on Wednesday 23 January. Caturthī runs from 16:10 on Wed 23 Jan to 13:41 on Thu 24 Jan and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/tila-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 23 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 23 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 23 Jan
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/tila-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSunset 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:10 → 21:4117:14110 min17:150 min23 Jan
Chicago02:10 → 23:4116:54114 min16:550 min23 Jan
Jersey City03:10 → 00:4117:02114 min17:030 min23 Jan
Port of Spain04:10 → 01:4118:0699 min18:070 min23 Jan
London08:10 → 05:4116:33123 min16:340 min23 Jan
Durban09:40 → 07:1118:2983 min18:280 min23 Jan
Dubai11:51 → 09:2217:37105 min17:380 min23 Jan
Delhi13:31 → 11:0217:43107 min17:440 min23 Jan
Kolkata13:31 → 11:0217:09104 min17:100 min23 Jan
Singapore15:05 → 12:3618:1396 min18:130 min23 Jan
Sydney18:10 → 15:4119:0680 min19:060 min23 Jan
Suva20:05 → 17:3618:437 min18:430 min23 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
tila-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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