Dawn of Wednesday 27 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:53 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:39
05:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:2907:53
0 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1943
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 169 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 27 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 28 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 10:28 on Wed 27 Oct to 11:01 on Thu 28 Oct.
1943-10-27T01:27:43Z → 1943-10-28T02:00:55Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:53–07:39 on the 27th, 05:54–07:40 on the 28th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 106 minutes on the 27th and 106 of 106 on the 28th.
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 10132 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1943: Thursday 28 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1943 falls on Thursday 28 October. Caturdaśī runs from 10:28 on Wed 27 Oct to 11:01 on Thu 28 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 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 27th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:28 → 19:01 | 05:24 | 104 min | 05:24 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 20:28 → 21:01 | 05:29 | 107 min | 05:30 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 21:28 → 22:01 | 05:34 | 107 min | 05:35 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:28 → 23:01 | 05:19 | 98 min | 05:19 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 02:28 → 03:01 | 05:52 | 112 min | 05:54 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 04:28 → 05:01 | 04:40 | 87 min | 04:39 | 22 min | 27 Oct |
| Dubai | 05:28 → 06:01 | 04:42 | 55 min | 04:42 | 79 min | 27 Oct |
| Delhi | 07:58 → 08:31 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:47 | 103 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 07:58 → 08:31 | 04:57 | 0 min | 04:58 | 101 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:28 → 11:01 | 06:11 | 0 min | 06:11 | 95 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 12:28 → 13:01 | 04:36 | 0 min | 04:35 | 86 min | 28 Oct |
| Suva | 13:28 → 14:01 | 04:00 | 0 min | 03:59 | 91 min | 28 Oct |