Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1936

Saturday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 500 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 Saturday 15 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:36
18:4919:1319:3720:0120:2520:4921:13

83 of 83 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 16 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:35
18:4819:1219:3620:0020:2420:4821:12

0 of 83 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 10:48 on Sat 15 Aug to 10:52 on Sun 16 Aug.

    1936-08-15T02:47:39Z → 1936-08-16T02:51:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:13–20:36 on the 15th, 19:12–20:35 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 83 of 83 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 83 on the 16th.

    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 30009 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1936: Saturday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1936 falls on Saturday 15 August. Caturdaśī runs from 10:48 on Sat 15 Aug to 10:52 on Sun 16 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 15 Aug
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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:48 → 18:5218:4012 min18:380 min14 Aug
Chicago21:48 → 21:5219:5081 min19:490 min15 Aug
Jersey City22:48 → 22:5219:5482 min19:530 min15 Aug
Port of Spain22:48 → 22:5218:2492 min18:240 min15 Aug
London03:48 → 03:5220:2375 min20:210 min15 Aug
Durban04:48 → 04:5217:31104 min17:320 min15 Aug
Dubai06:48 → 06:5218:5388 min18:530 min15 Aug
Delhi08:18 → 08:2219:0087 min19:000 min15 Aug
Kolkata08:18 → 08:2218:0889 min18:070 min15 Aug
Singapore10:08 → 10:1218:3395 min18:330 min15 Aug
Sydney12:48 → 12:5217:25105 min17:250 min15 Aug
Suva14:48 → 14:5217:55100 min17:550 min15 Aug
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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