Dawn of Wednesday 7 November
Taken. Caturdaśī reaches neither dawn; this is the day it falls on.
05:02 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:51
Caturdaśī begins 07:00:11
04:3805:0205:2605:5006:1406:3807:02
0 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1923
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Caturdaśī reaches aruṇodaya on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 7 November
Taken. Caturdaśī reaches neither dawn; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 8 November
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 07:00 on Wed 7 Nov to 03:20 on Thu 8 Nov.
1923-11-06T23:00:12Z → 1923-11-07T19:19:56Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:02–06:51 on the 7th, 05:03–06:52 on the 8th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 109 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 109 on the 8th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither dawn qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → tithi-day · margin 573 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1923: Wednesday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1923 falls on Wednesday 7 November. Caturdaśī runs from 07:00 on Wed 7 Nov to 03:20 on Thu 8 Nov, and reaches aruṇodaya on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 7 Nov |
| 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 6th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:00 → 11:20 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:31 | 107 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 17:00 → 13:20 | 04:38 | 0 min | 04:39 | 111 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 18:00 → 14:20 | 04:42 | 0 min | 04:43 | 110 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 19:00 → 15:20 | 04:20 | 0 min | 04:20 | 98 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 23:00 → 19:20 | 05:05 | 0 min | 05:06 | 117 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 01:00 → 21:20 | 03:34 | 0 min | 03:33 | 85 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 03:00 → 23:20 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:46 | 103 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:30 → 00:50 | 04:52 | 0 min | 04:52 | 105 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:30 → 00:50 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:02 | 74 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 06:00 → 02:20 | 04:11 | 0 min | 04:11 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 09:00 → 05:20 | 03:28 | 0 min | 03:28 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 11:00 → 07:20 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:56 | 0 min | 8 Nov |