Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1934

Friday 7 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 480 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 Thursday 6 September

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:11
18:1818:4219:0619:3019:5420:1820:42

0 of 89 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 7 September

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:10
18:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:1720:41

90 of 90 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 04:12 on Fri 7 Sep to 06:27 on Sat 8 Sep.

    1934-09-06T20:11:45Z → 1934-09-07T22:26:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:42–20:11 on the 6th, 18:41–20:10 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 89 minutes on the 6th and 90 of 90 on the 7th.

    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 28818 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1934: Friday 7 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1934 falls on Friday 7 September. Caturdaśī runs from 04:12 on Fri 7 Sep to 06:27 on Sat 8 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 6thCoveredSunset 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:12 → 14:2718:1290 min18:110 min6 Sep
Chicago15:12 → 17:2719:1689 min19:150 min6 Sep
Jersey City16:12 → 18:2719:2189 min19:190 min6 Sep
Port of Spain16:12 → 18:2718:1394 min18:1215 min6 Sep
London21:12 → 23:2719:370 min19:3586 min7 Sep
Durban22:12 → 00:2717:430 min17:4399 min7 Sep
Dubai00:12 → 02:2718:330 min18:3292 min7 Sep
Delhi01:42 → 03:5718:380 min18:3691 min7 Sep
Kolkata01:42 → 03:5717:490 min17:4992 min7 Sep
Singapore03:32 → 05:4718:270 min18:2695 min7 Sep
Sydney06:12 → 08:2717:400 min17:4099 min7 Sep
Suva08:12 → 10:2717:590 min18:0097 min7 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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