Dawn of Thursday 11 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
05:05 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:56
Caturdaśī begins 05:41:22
04:4105:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29
74 of 110 minutes covered, the last 74
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1909
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 11 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
74 of 110 minutes covered, the last 74
Dawn of Friday 12 November
Qualifies with 110 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 05:41 on Thu 11 Nov to 08:07 on Fri 12 Nov.
1909-11-10T21:41:22Z → 1909-11-12T00:06:47Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:05–06:56 on the 11th, 05:06–06:57 on the 12th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 74 of 110 minutes on the 11th and 110 of 110 on the 12th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2158 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1909: Thursday 11 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1909 falls on Thursday 11 November. Caturdaśī runs from 05:41 on Thu 11 Nov to 08:07 on Fri 12 Nov and covers 74 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 110 minutes; by the rule the first dawn is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 11 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 11 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 11 Nov |
| 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 10th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:41 → 16:07 | 04:33 | 0 min | 04:35 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:41 → 18:07 | 04:42 | 0 min | 04:44 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:41 → 19:07 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:48 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:41 → 20:07 | 04:21 | 0 min | 04:22 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| London | 21:41 → 00:07 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:13 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Durban | 23:41 → 02:07 | 03:31 | 0 min | 03:31 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:22 → 03:48 | 04:29 | 0 min | 04:30 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:11 → 05:37 | 04:54 | 0 min | 04:56 | 41 min | 11 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:11 → 05:37 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:04 | 93 min | 11 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:41 → 07:07 | 04:11 | 0 min | 04:12 | 96 min | 11 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:41 → 10:07 | 03:26 | 0 min | 03:25 | 82 min | 12 Nov |
| Suva | 09:36 → 12:02 | 03:50 | 0 min | 03:50 | 89 min | 12 Nov |