Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1944

Monday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 377 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Monday 7 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

17:35 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:23
17:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:5920:2320:47

168 of 168 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:34 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:22
17:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:2220:46

0 of 167 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 11:18 on Mon 7 Aug to 08:01 on Tue 8 Aug.

    1944-08-07T02:17:51Z → 1944-08-07T23:01:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:35–20:23 on the 7th, 17:34–20:22 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 168 of 168 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 167 on the 8th.

    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 22642 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1944: Monday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1944 falls on Monday 7 August. Caturthī runs from 11:18 on Mon 7 Aug to 08:01 on Tue 8 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 7thCoveredSāyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:18 → 16:0117:040 min17:030 min6 Aug
Chicago21:18 → 18:0117:1150 min17:100 min7 Aug
Jersey City22:18 → 19:0117:15106 min17:150 min7 Aug
Port of Spain23:18 → 20:0116:57150 min16:570 min7 Aug
London04:18 → 01:0118:37181 min18:360 min7 Aug
Durban04:18 → 01:0115:17130 min15:170 min7 Aug
Dubai06:18 → 03:0116:21158 min16:210 min7 Aug
Delhi08:48 → 05:3117:27160 min17:270 min7 Aug
Kolkata08:48 → 05:3116:37157 min16:370 min7 Aug
Singapore11:18 → 08:0117:49146 min17:490 min7 Aug
Sydney12:18 → 09:0115:12127 min15:120 min7 Aug
Suva14:18 → 11:0115:37136 min15:370 min7 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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