Dawn of Wednesday 18 January
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 114 minutes covered
Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 1939
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 533 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 18 January
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 114 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 19 January
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
114 of 114 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 16:28 on Wed 18 Jan to 18:55 on Thu 19 Jan.
1939-01-18T08:27:45Z → 1939-01-19T10:54:39Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:41–07:35 on the 18th, 05:41–07:35 on the 19th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 114 minutes on the 18th and 114 of 114 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31965 s
Ruling
Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 1939: Thursday 19 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 1939 falls on Thursday 19 January. Caturdaśī runs from 16:28 on Wed 18 Jan to 18:55 on Thu 19 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 19 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 19 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 19 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 18th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:28 → 02:55 | 05:07 | 111 min | 05:07 | 0 min | 18 Jan |
| Chicago | 02:28 → 04:55 | 05:19 | 116 min | 05:19 | 0 min | 18 Jan |
| Jersey City | 03:28 → 05:55 | 05:23 | 115 min | 05:22 | 32 min | 18 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 04:28 → 06:55 | 04:50 | 99 min | 04:50 | 99 min | 18 Jan |
| London | 08:28 → 10:55 | 05:53 | 0 min | 05:53 | 124 min | 19 Jan |
| Durban | 10:28 → 12:55 | 03:50 | 0 min | 03:51 | 82 min | 19 Jan |
| Dubai | 12:28 → 14:55 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 106 min | 19 Jan |
| Delhi | 13:58 → 16:25 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 108 min | 19 Jan |
| Kolkata | 13:58 → 16:25 | 04:35 | 0 min | 04:35 | 105 min | 19 Jan |
| Singapore | 15:48 → 18:15 | 04:58 | 0 min | 04:58 | 96 min | 19 Jan |
| Sydney | 18:28 → 20:55 | 03:43 | 0 min | 03:44 | 79 min | 19 Jan |
| Suva | 20:28 → 22:55 | 04:17 | 0 min | 04:17 | 88 min | 19 Jan |