Evening of Tuesday 4 September
Qualifies with 9 of 89 minutes. Not taken.
18:45 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:14
Caturdaśī begins 20:04:32
18:2118:4519:0919:3319:5720:2120:45
9 of 89 minutes covered, the last 9
Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1945
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 4 September
Qualifies with 9 of 89 minutes. Not taken.
9 of 89 minutes covered, the last 9
Evening of Wednesday 5 September
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
89 of 89 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 20:05 on Tue 4 Sep to 20:42 on Wed 5 Sep.
1945-09-04T12:04:33Z → 1945-09-05T12:42:17Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:45–20:14 on the 4th, 18:43–20:12 on the 5th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 9 of 89 minutes on the 4th and 89 of 89 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 539 s
Ruling
Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1945: Wednesday 5 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1945 falls on Wednesday 5 September. Caturdaśī runs from 20:05 on Tue 4 Sep to 20:42 on Wed 5 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 9 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 5 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 5 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 5 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Sunset 4th | Covered | Sunset 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:05 → 05:42 | 19:15 | 90 min | 19:13 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:05 → 07:42 | 19:19 | 88 min | 19:17 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:05 → 08:42 | 19:24 | 88 min | 19:22 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 09:05 → 09:42 | 19:14 | 94 min | 19:13 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| London | 13:05 → 13:42 | 19:41 | 85 min | 19:39 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Durban | 14:05 → 14:42 | 17:42 | 99 min | 17:43 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Dubai | 16:05 → 16:42 | 18:35 | 91 min | 18:34 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Delhi | 18:35 → 19:12 | 19:40 | 91 min | 19:38 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Kolkata | 18:35 → 19:12 | 18:51 | 92 min | 18:50 | 22 min | 4 Sep |
| Singapore | 21:05 → 21:42 | 20:07 | 38 min | 20:07 | 95 min | 5 Sep |
| Sydney | 22:05 → 22:42 | 17:38 | 0 min | 17:39 | 100 min | 5 Sep |
| Suva | 00:05 → 00:42 | 17:59 | 0 min | 17:59 | 98 min | 5 Sep |