Dawn of Friday 27 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
04:53 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:39
04:2904:5305:1705:4106:0506:2906:53
106 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1905
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 380 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Friday 27 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Saturday 28 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 22:33 on Thu 26 Oct to 18:51 on Fri 27 Oct.
1905-10-26T14:32:54Z → 1905-10-27T10:51:07Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:53–06:39 on the 27th, 04:54–06:40 on the 28th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 27th and 0 of 106 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 22827 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1905: Friday 27 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1905 falls on Friday 27 October. Caturdaśī runs from 22:33 on Thu 26 Oct to 18:51 on Fri 27 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 27 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 27 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 27 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 26th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:33 → 02:51 | 04:23 | 0 min | 04:24 | 0 min | 26 Oct |
| Chicago | 08:33 → 04:51 | 04:29 | 0 min | 04:30 | 22 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 09:33 → 05:51 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:34 | 77 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 10:33 → 06:51 | 04:19 | 0 min | 04:19 | 98 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 14:33 → 10:51 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:53 | 112 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 16:33 → 12:51 | 03:40 | 0 min | 03:40 | 87 min | 27 Oct |
| Dubai | 18:14 → 14:32 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:23 | 101 min | 27 Oct |
| Delhi | 19:54 → 16:12 | 04:37 | 0 min | 04:38 | 102 min | 27 Oct |
| Kolkata | 19:54 → 16:12 | 03:48 | 0 min | 03:49 | 101 min | 27 Oct |
| Singapore | 21:33 → 17:51 | 04:11 | 0 min | 04:11 | 95 min | 27 Oct |
| Sydney | 00:33 → 20:51 | 03:36 | 0 min | 03:35 | 86 min | 27 Oct |
| Suva | 02:28 → 22:46 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:55 | 91 min | 27 Oct |