Night of Friday 24 February
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
niśītha begins 00:07 00:55 niśītha ends
23:1923:4300:0700:3100:5501:1901:43
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāśivarātri · 1922
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both nights qualify and the authorities the rule cites disagree. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 24 February
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 25 February
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 21:39 on Fri 24 Feb to 00:10 on Sun 26 Feb.
1922-02-24T13:39:00Z → 1922-02-25T16:09:32Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:07–00:55 on the 24th, 00:07–00:55 on the 25th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 2 of 48 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both nights qualify and the cited authorities disagree. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: disputed → greater-coverage · margin 147 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 1922: Friday 24 February.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-disputed)
In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri 1922 falls on Friday 24 February. Caturdaśī runs from 21:39 on Fri 24 Feb to 00:10 on Sun 26 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the next night for 2 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 2 min 27 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 24 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 24 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 24 Feb |
| 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 24th | Covered | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:39 → 08:10 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Chicago | 07:39 → 10:10 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Jersey City | 08:39 → 11:10 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 09:39 → 12:10 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| London | 13:39 → 16:10 | 23:49 | 48 min | 23:49 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Durban | 15:39 → 18:10 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Dubai | 17:39 → 20:10 | 00:08 | 48 min | 00:08 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Delhi | 19:09 → 21:40 | 00:10 | 48 min | 00:10 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Kolkata | 19:09 → 21:40 | 23:26 | 48 min | 23:26 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Singapore | 20:39 → 23:10 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 24 Feb |
| Sydney | 23:39 → 02:10 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:45 | 48 min | 24 Feb |
| Suva | 01:39 → 04:10 | 23:56 | 0 min | 23:56 | 48 min | 25 Feb |