Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1938

Wednesday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 127 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 23 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:28
18:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:3921:03

0 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 24 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:27
18:3819:0219:2619:5020:1420:3821:02

85 of 85 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 01:58 on Wed 24 Aug to 22:34 on Wed 24 Aug.

    1938-08-23T17:57:54Z → 1938-08-24T14:33:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:03–20:28 on the 23rd, 19:02–20:27 on the 24th.

    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 85 minutes on the 23rd and 85 of 85 on the 24th.

    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 7607 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1938: Wednesday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1938 falls on Wednesday 24 August. Caturdaśī runs from 01:58 on Wed 24 Aug to 22:34 on Wed 24 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredSunset 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:58 → 06:3418:3187 min18:290 min23 Aug
Chicago12:58 → 09:3419:3984 min19:380 min23 Aug
Jersey City13:58 → 10:3419:4384 min19:420 min23 Aug
Port of Spain13:58 → 10:3418:2193 min18:200 min23 Aug
London18:58 → 15:3420:0879 min20:060 min23 Aug
Durban19:58 → 16:3417:350 min17:360 min23 Aug
Dubai21:58 → 18:3418:470 min18:460 min23 Aug
Delhi23:28 → 20:0418:530 min18:5272 min24 Aug
Kolkata23:28 → 20:0418:020 min18:0190 min24 Aug
Singapore01:18 → 21:5418:320 min18:3195 min24 Aug
Sydney03:58 → 00:3417:300 min17:31103 min24 Aug
Suva05:58 → 02:3417:570 min17:5799 min24 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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