Dawn of Thursday 19 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
04:47 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:31
Caturdaśī begins 04:48:58
04:2304:4705:1105:3505:5906:2306:47
102 of 103 minutes covered, the last 102
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1922
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 31 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 19 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
102 of 103 minutes covered, the last 102
Dawn of Friday 20 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 103 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 04:49 on Thu 19 Oct to 01:15 on Fri 20 Oct.
1922-10-18T20:48:58Z → 1922-10-19T17:15:13Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:47–06:31 on the 19th, 04:48–06:32 on the 20th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 102 of 103 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 103 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 91 s < 300 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1922: Thursday 19 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1922 falls on Thursday 19 October. Caturdaśī runs from 04:49 on Thu 19 Oct to 01:15 on Fri 20 Oct and covers 102 of 103 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It is 1 min 31 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 19 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 19 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 19 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 18th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:49 → 09:15 | 04:19 | 0 min | 04:19 | 102 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:49 → 11:15 | 04:22 | 0 min | 04:23 | 104 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:49 → 12:15 | 04:27 | 0 min | 04:28 | 104 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:49 → 13:15 | 04:18 | 0 min | 04:18 | 97 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 20:49 → 17:15 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:42 | 108 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 22:49 → 19:15 | 03:47 | 0 min | 03:46 | 89 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:49 → 21:15 | 04:39 | 0 min | 04:39 | 100 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:19 → 22:45 | 04:43 | 0 min | 04:43 | 101 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:19 → 22:45 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:55 | 99 min | 19 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:49 → 00:15 | 04:12 | 0 min | 04:12 | 95 min | 19 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:49 → 03:15 | 03:44 | 0 min | 03:43 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Suva | 08:49 → 05:15 | 04:04 | 0 min | 04:04 | 0 min | 20 Oct |