Dawn of Tuesday 29 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:55 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:42
04:3104:5505:1905:4306:0706:3106:55
0 of 107 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1940
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 178 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 29 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 107 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 30 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
107 of 107 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 13:16 on Tue 29 Oct to 09:41 on Wed 30 Oct.
1940-10-29T05:15:45Z → 1940-10-30T01:40:44Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:55–06:42 on the 29th, 04:56–06:43 on the 30th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 107 minutes on the 29th and 107 of 107 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 10673 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1940: Wednesday 30 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1940 falls on Wednesday 30 October. Caturdaśī runs from 13:16 on Tue 29 Oct to 09:41 on Wed 30 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 30 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 30 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 30 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 29th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:16 → 17:41 | 04:25 | 105 min | 04:26 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:16 → 19:41 | 04:32 | 108 min | 04:33 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:16 → 20:41 | 04:36 | 107 min | 04:37 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:16 → 21:41 | 04:19 | 98 min | 04:19 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 06:16 → 02:41 | 05:56 | 93 min | 05:57 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 07:16 → 03:41 | 03:38 | 0 min | 03:37 | 4 min | 30 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:16 → 05:41 | 04:43 | 0 min | 04:43 | 58 min | 30 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:46 → 07:11 | 04:48 | 0 min | 04:49 | 103 min | 30 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:46 → 07:11 | 03:58 | 0 min | 03:59 | 101 min | 30 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:36 → 09:01 | 04:31 | 0 min | 04:31 | 95 min | 30 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:16 → 11:41 | 03:33 | 0 min | 03:33 | 85 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 17:16 → 13:41 | 03:59 | 0 min | 03:58 | 90 min | 30 Oct |