Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1935

Saturday 17 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 407 minutes.

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Saturday 17 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:28 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:12
16:0416:2816:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40

164 of 164 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 18 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:27 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:10
16:0316:2716:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:39

0 of 163 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 09:41 on Sat 17 Aug to 06:24 on Sun 18 Aug.

    1935-08-17T01:41:00Z → 1935-08-17T22:24:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:28–19:12 on the 17th, 16:27–19:10 on the 18th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 164 of 164 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 163 on the 18th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 24409 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1935: Saturday 17 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1935 falls on Saturday 17 August. Caturthī runs from 09:41 on Sat 17 Aug to 06:24 on Sun 18 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 17thCoveredSāyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:41 → 14:2415:580 min15:570 min16 Aug
Chicago20:41 → 17:2417:0321 min17:020 min17 Aug
Jersey City21:41 → 18:2417:0777 min17:060 min17 Aug
Port of Spain21:41 → 18:2415:54149 min15:540 min17 Aug
London02:41 → 23:2417:26175 min17:250 min17 Aug
Durban03:41 → 00:2415:19133 min15:190 min17 Aug
Dubai05:41 → 02:2416:17156 min16:160 min17 Aug
Delhi07:11 → 03:5416:22158 min16:210 min17 Aug
Kolkata07:11 → 03:5415:33155 min15:320 min17 Aug
Singapore09:01 → 05:4416:07146 min16:070 min17 Aug
Sydney11:41 → 08:2415:15130 min15:160 min17 Aug
Suva13:41 → 10:2415:38138 min15:380 min17 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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