Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1942

Wednesday 9 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 166 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 8 September

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:39 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:09
19:1519:3920:0320:2720:5121:1521:39

0 of 90 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 9 September

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:37 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:08
19:1319:3720:0120:2520:4921:1321:37

90 of 90 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 23:55 on Tue 8 Sep to 00:41 on Thu 10 Sep.

    1942-09-08T14:55:06Z → 1942-09-09T15:40:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:39–21:09 on the 8th, 19:37–21:08 on the 9th.

    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 90 minutes on the 8th and 90 of 90 on the 9th.

    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 9971 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1942: Wednesday 9 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1942 falls on Wednesday 9 September. Caturdaśī runs from 23:55 on Tue 8 Sep to 00:41 on Thu 10 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 Sep
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 8thCoveredSunset 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:55 → 08:4119:1091 min19:080 min8 Sep
Chicago09:55 → 10:4119:1390 min19:110 min8 Sep
Jersey City10:55 → 11:4119:1890 min19:160 min8 Sep
Port of Spain11:55 → 12:4119:1194 min19:110 min8 Sep
London15:55 → 16:4119:3287 min19:300 min8 Sep
Durban16:55 → 17:4117:4499 min17:440 min8 Sep
Dubai18:55 → 19:4118:3168 min18:3071 min9 Sep
Delhi21:25 → 22:1119:350 min19:3492 min9 Sep
Kolkata21:25 → 22:1118:470 min18:4793 min9 Sep
Singapore23:55 → 00:4120:060 min20:0695 min9 Sep
Sydney00:55 → 01:4117:410 min17:4299 min9 Sep
Suva02:55 → 03:4118:000 min18:0097 min9 Sep
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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