Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1946

Sunday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 609 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Sunday 25 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

20:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:26
19:3620:0020:2420:4821:1221:3622:00

85 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Monday 26 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:24
19:3519:5920:2320:4721:1121:3521:59

0 of 86 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 09:52 on Sun 25 Aug to 07:50 on Mon 26 Aug.

    1946-08-25T00:51:33Z → 1946-08-25T22:49:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 20:00–21:26 on the 25th, 19:59–21:24 on the 26th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 85 of 85 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 86 on the 26th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 36517 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1946: Sunday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1946 falls on Sunday 25 August. Caturdaśī runs from 09:52 on Sun 25 Aug to 07:50 on Mon 26 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:52 → 14:5018:280 min18:270 min24 Aug
Chicago19:52 → 17:5019:360 min19:340 min24 Aug
Jersey City20:52 → 18:5019:400 min19:390 min24 Aug
Port of Spain20:52 → 18:5018:2030 min18:190 min25 Aug
London01:52 → 23:5020:0380 min20:010 min25 Aug
Durban02:52 → 00:5017:36102 min17:370 min25 Aug
Dubai04:52 → 02:5018:4590 min18:440 min25 Aug
Delhi06:22 → 04:2018:5189 min18:500 min25 Aug
Kolkata06:22 → 04:2018:0090 min18:000 min25 Aug
Singapore08:22 → 06:2018:4195 min18:410 min25 Aug
Sydney10:52 → 08:5017:31103 min17:320 min25 Aug
Suva12:52 → 10:5017:5799 min17:570 min25 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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