Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1902

Friday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 175 minutes.

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 22 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:23 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:05
15:5916:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:35

162 of 162 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 23 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:22 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:03
15:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

0 of 161 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 13:28 on Fri 22 Aug to 12:34 on Sat 23 Aug.

    1902-08-22T05:28:22Z → 1902-08-23T04:34:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:23–19:05 on the 22nd, 16:22–19:03 on the 23rd.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 162 of 162 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 161 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 10494 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1902: Friday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1902 falls on Friday 22 August. Caturthī runs from 13:28 on Fri 22 Aug to 12:34 on Sat 23 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:28 → 20:3415:54159 min15:530 min22 Aug
Chicago23:28 → 22:3415:58163 min15:570 min22 Aug
Jersey City00:28 → 23:3416:03162 min16:020 min22 Aug
Port of Spain01:28 → 00:3415:52149 min15:520 min22 Aug
London05:28 → 04:3416:19171 min16:180 min22 Aug
Durban06:58 → 06:0414:50134 min14:510 min22 Aug
Dubai09:09 → 08:1515:54155 min15:540 min22 Aug
Delhi10:49 → 09:5516:09156 min16:080 min22 Aug
Kolkata10:49 → 09:5515:21154 min15:200 min22 Aug
Singapore12:23 → 11:2915:41146 min15:410 min22 Aug
Sydney15:28 → 14:3415:17121 min15:170 min22 Aug
Suva17:23 → 16:2915:3328 min15:3357 min22 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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