Dawn of Wednesday 25 October
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
04:52 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:37
Caturdaśī begins 06:02:08
04:2804:5205:1605:4006:0406:2806:52
35 of 105 minutes covered, the last 35
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1916
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 25 October
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
35 of 105 minutes covered, the last 35
Dawn of Thursday 26 October
Qualifies with 44 of 106 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 106 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 06:02 on Wed 25 Oct to 05:37 on Thu 26 Oct.
1916-10-24T22:02:09Z → 1916-10-25T21:36:45Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:52–06:37 on the 25th, 04:53–06:38 on the 26th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 35 of 105 minutes on the 25th and 44 of 106 on the 26th.
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 2111 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1916: Wednesday 25 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1916 falls on Wednesday 25 October. Caturdaśī runs from 06:02 on Wed 25 Oct to 05:37 on Thu 26 Oct and covers 35 of 105 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 44 minutes; by the rule the first dawn is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 25 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 25 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 25 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 24th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:02 → 13:37 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:23 | 104 min | 25 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:02 → 15:37 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:28 | 107 min | 25 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:02 → 16:37 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:33 | 106 min | 25 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 18:02 → 17:37 | 04:19 | 0 min | 04:19 | 98 min | 25 Oct |
| London | 22:02 → 21:37 | 04:49 | 0 min | 04:50 | 111 min | 25 Oct |
| Durban | 00:02 → 23:37 | 03:42 | 0 min | 03:41 | 88 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:43 → 01:18 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:22 | 101 min | 25 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:32 → 03:07 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:46 | 102 min | 25 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:32 → 03:07 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:57 | 100 min | 25 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:02 → 04:37 | 04:11 | 0 min | 04:11 | 45 min | 25 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:02 → 07:37 | 03:38 | 0 min | 03:37 | 0 min | 26 Oct |
| Suva | 10:02 → 09:37 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:01 | 0 min | 26 Oct |