Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1915

Wednesday 8 September

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Tuesday 7 September

Qualifies with 19 of 89 minutes. Not taken.

18:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:11
Caturdaśī begins 19:51:54
18:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:1720:41

19 of 89 minutes covered, the last 19

Evening of Wednesday 8 September

Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

18:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:09
Caturdaśī ends 19:40:15
18:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:1620:40

61 of 90 minutes covered, the first 61

Caturdaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 19:52 on Tue 7 Sep to 19:40 on Wed 8 Sep.

    1915-09-07T11:51:55Z → 1915-09-08T11:40:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:41–20:11 on the 7th, 18:40–20:09 on the 8th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 19 of 89 minutes on the 7th and 61 of 90 on the 8th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1128 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1915: Wednesday 8 September.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1915 falls on Wednesday 8 September. Caturdaśī runs from 19:52 on Tue 7 Sep to 19:40 on Wed 8 Sep and covers 61 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 19 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:52 → 03:4018:1291 min18:100 min7 Sep
Chicago05:52 → 05:4018:1589 min18:140 min7 Sep
Jersey City06:52 → 06:4018:2089 min18:180 min7 Sep
Port of Spain07:52 → 07:4018:1294 min18:110 min7 Sep
London11:52 → 11:4018:3686 min18:330 min7 Sep
Durban13:52 → 13:4017:4399 min17:440 min7 Sep
Dubai15:33 → 15:2118:1392 min18:120 min7 Sep
Delhi17:22 → 17:1018:3791 min18:360 min7 Sep
Kolkata17:22 → 17:1017:4992 min17:480 min7 Sep
Singapore18:52 → 18:4018:0750 min18:0634 min7 Sep
Sydney21:52 → 21:4017:400 min17:4199 min8 Sep
Suva23:47 → 23:3517:540 min17:5597 min8 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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