Night of Wednesday 9 March
Taken. Caturdaśī reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
niśītha begins 00:05 00:53 niśītha ends
23:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:41
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāśivarātri · 1910
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Caturdaśī reaches niśītha on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 9 March
Taken. Caturdaśī reaches neither night; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 10 March
Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 02:05 on Thu 10 Mar to 23:21 on Thu 10 Mar.
1910-03-09T18:04:48Z → 1910-03-10T15:21:02Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:05–00:53 on the 9th, 00:04–00:52 on the 10th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: disputed → tithi-day · margin 2600 s
Ruling
Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 1910: Wednesday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri 1910 falls on Wednesday 9 March. Caturdaśī runs from 02:05 on Thu 10 Mar to 23:21 on Thu 10 Mar, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Niśītha 9th | Covered | Niśītha 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:05 → 07:21 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:05 → 09:21 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:05 → 10:21 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:05 → 11:21 | 23:53 | 48 min | 23:52 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| London | 18:05 → 15:21 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Durban | 20:05 → 17:21 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Dubai | 21:46 → 19:02 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Delhi | 23:35 → 20:51 | 00:08 | 48 min | 00:07 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Kolkata | 23:35 → 20:51 | 23:23 | 36 min | 23:23 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Singapore | 01:05 → 22:21 | 23:51 | 0 min | 23:51 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 04:05 → 01:21 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 06:00 → 03:16 | 23:48 | 0 min | 23:48 | 48 min | 10 Mar |