Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 1921

Sunday 6 February

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

Decide it for

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The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Sunday 6 February

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

05:32 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:21
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32

109 of 109 minutes covered

Dawn of Monday 7 February

Qualifies with 47 of 109 minutes. Not taken.

05:31 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:20
Caturdaśī ends 06:18:19
05:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:31

47 of 109 minutes covered, the first 47

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 03:49 on Sun 6 Feb to 06:18 on Mon 7 Feb.

    1921-02-05T19:49:21Z → 1921-02-06T22:18:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:32–07:21 on the 6th, 05:31–07:20 on the 7th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 6th and 47 of 109 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2828 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 1921: Sunday 6 February.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 1921 falls on Sunday 6 February. Caturdaśī runs from 03:49 on Sun 6 Feb to 06:18 on Mon 7 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 47 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/1921/yama-tarpana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 Feb
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/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Pauṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 5thCoveredAruṇodaya 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:49 → 14:1805:010 min05:00107 min6 Feb
Chicago13:49 → 16:1805:090 min05:08110 min6 Feb
Jersey City14:49 → 17:1805:130 min05:12110 min6 Feb
Port of Spain15:49 → 18:1804:510 min04:5198 min6 Feb
London19:49 → 22:1805:370 min05:35117 min6 Feb
Durban21:49 → 00:1804:030 min04:0485 min6 Feb
Dubai23:49 → 02:1805:170 min05:17103 min6 Feb
Delhi01:19 → 03:4805:230 min05:23105 min6 Feb
Kolkata01:19 → 03:4804:320 min04:32102 min6 Feb
Singapore02:49 → 05:1804:410 min04:4196 min6 Feb
Sydney05:49 → 08:1803:570 min03:580 min7 Feb
Suva07:49 → 10:1804:260 min04:260 min7 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-tarpana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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