Dawn of Wednesday 20 January
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 1909
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 20 January
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 21 January
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
113 of 113 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 13:35 on Wed 20 Jan to 11:08 on Thu 21 Jan.
1909-01-20T05:35:12Z → 1909-01-21T03:07:49Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:41–07:34 on the 20th, 05:40–07:34 on the 21st.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 113 minutes on the 20th and 113 of 113 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 12856 s
Ruling
Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 1909: Thursday 21 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 1909 falls on Thursday 21 January. Caturdaśī runs from 13:35 on Wed 20 Jan to 11:08 on Thu 21 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 21 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 21 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 21 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 20th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:35 → 19:08 | 05:07 | 110 min | 05:07 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Chicago | 23:35 → 21:08 | 05:19 | 115 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Jersey City | 00:35 → 22:08 | 05:22 | 115 min | 05:22 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 01:35 → 23:08 | 04:50 | 99 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| London | 05:35 → 03:08 | 05:52 | 124 min | 05:51 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Durban | 07:35 → 05:08 | 03:52 | 0 min | 03:53 | 75 min | 21 Jan |
| Dubai | 09:16 → 06:49 | 05:01 | 0 min | 05:01 | 106 min | 21 Jan |
| Delhi | 11:05 → 08:38 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 107 min | 21 Jan |
| Kolkata | 11:05 → 08:38 | 04:35 | 0 min | 04:35 | 104 min | 21 Jan |
| Singapore | 12:35 → 10:08 | 04:38 | 0 min | 04:39 | 96 min | 21 Jan |
| Sydney | 15:35 → 13:08 | 03:45 | 0 min | 03:46 | 80 min | 21 Jan |
| Suva | 17:30 → 15:03 | 04:13 | 0 min | 04:14 | 88 min | 21 Jan |