Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1926

Sunday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 448 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Sunday 5 September

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:44 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:13
18:2018:4419:0819:3219:5620:2020:44

89 of 89 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 6 September

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:12
18:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:1820:42

0 of 89 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 08:44 on Sun 5 Sep to 11:14 on Mon 6 Sep.

    1926-09-05T00:44:03Z → 1926-09-06T03:14:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:44–20:13 on the 5th, 18:42–20:12 on the 6th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 89 of 89 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 89 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 26879 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1926: Sunday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1926 falls on Sunday 5 September. Caturdaśī runs from 08:44 on Sun 5 Sep to 11:14 on Mon 6 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 Sep
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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:44 → 19:1418:1460 min18:130 min4 Sep
Chicago19:44 → 22:1419:1888 min19:160 min5 Sep
Jersey City20:44 → 23:1419:2389 min19:210 min5 Sep
Port of Spain20:44 → 23:1418:1394 min18:130 min5 Sep
London01:44 → 04:1419:3985 min19:370 min5 Sep
Durban02:44 → 05:1417:4299 min17:430 min5 Sep
Dubai04:44 → 07:1418:3492 min18:330 min5 Sep
Delhi06:14 → 08:4418:3991 min18:380 min5 Sep
Kolkata06:14 → 08:4417:5192 min17:500 min5 Sep
Singapore07:44 → 10:1418:0795 min18:070 min5 Sep
Sydney10:44 → 13:1417:39100 min17:390 min5 Sep
Suva12:44 → 15:1417:5998 min17:590 min5 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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