Dawn of Sunday 15 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:45 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:27
05:2105:4506:0906:3306:5707:2107:45
0 of 102 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1944
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 151 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Sunday 15 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 102 minutes covered
Dawn of Monday 16 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
102 of 102 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 09:58 on Sun 15 Oct to 12:23 on Mon 16 Oct.
1944-10-15T00:57:44Z → 1944-10-16T03:22:49Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:45–07:27 on the 15th, 05:46–07:28 on the 16th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 102 minutes on the 15th and 102 of 102 on the 16th.
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 9030 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1944: Monday 16 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1944 falls on Monday 16 October. Caturdaśī runs from 09:58 on Sun 15 Oct to 12:23 on Mon 16 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 16 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 16 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 16 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 15th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:58 → 20:23 | 05:17 | 101 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Chicago | 19:58 → 22:23 | 05:20 | 103 min | 05:21 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Jersey City | 20:58 → 23:23 | 05:25 | 103 min | 05:26 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 21:58 → 00:23 | 05:18 | 97 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| London | 01:58 → 04:23 | 05:38 | 106 min | 05:40 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Durban | 02:58 → 05:23 | 03:49 | 90 min | 03:48 | 90 min | 15 Oct |
| Dubai | 04:58 → 07:23 | 04:38 | 79 min | 04:38 | 99 min | 15 Oct |
| Delhi | 07:28 → 09:53 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:42 | 100 min | 16 Oct |
| Kolkata | 07:28 → 09:53 | 04:54 | 0 min | 04:55 | 99 min | 16 Oct |
| Singapore | 09:58 → 12:23 | 06:13 | 0 min | 06:13 | 95 min | 16 Oct |
| Sydney | 10:58 → 13:23 | 03:46 | 0 min | 03:45 | 89 min | 16 Oct |
| Suva | 12:58 → 15:23 | 04:06 | 0 min | 04:05 | 92 min | 16 Oct |