Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1942

Saturday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Saturday 29 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

17:16 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:54
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:4020:0420:28

158 of 158 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 30 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:15 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:53
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:1519:3920:0320:27

0 of 158 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 08:21 on Sat 29 Aug to 08:10 on Sun 30 Aug.

    1942-08-28T23:21:11Z → 1942-08-29T23:09:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:16–19:54 on the 29th, 17:15–19:53 on the 30th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 158 of 158 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 158 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 32100 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1942: Saturday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1942 falls on Saturday 29 August. Caturthī runs from 08:21 on Sat 29 Aug to 08:10 on Sun 30 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 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/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 28thCoveredSāyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:21 → 16:1016:48156 min16:470 min28 Aug
Chicago18:21 → 18:1016:5170 min16:5079 min28 Aug
Jersey City19:21 → 19:1016:5614 min16:55134 min28 Aug
Port of Spain20:21 → 20:1016:500 min16:49148 min29 Aug
London00:21 → 00:1017:110 min17:09165 min29 Aug
Durban01:21 → 01:1015:220 min15:22137 min29 Aug
Dubai03:21 → 03:1016:090 min16:09153 min29 Aug
Delhi04:51 → 04:4016:140 min16:13154 min29 Aug
Kolkata04:51 → 04:4015:260 min15:25152 min29 Aug
Singapore08:21 → 08:1017:440 min17:44146 min29 Aug
Sydney09:21 → 09:1015:190 min15:19135 min29 Aug
Suva11:21 → 11:1015:380 min15:38140 min29 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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