Night of Monday 8 March
Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:05 00:53 niśītha ends
Caturdaśī begins 00:53:17
23:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:41
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāśivarātri · 1948
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 38 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 8 March
Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 9 March
Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 00:53 on Tue 9 Mar to 03:12 on Wed 10 Mar.
1948-03-08T16:53:18Z → 1948-03-09T19:11:34Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:05–00:53 on the 8th, 00:04–00:52 on the 9th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: disputed → only-day · margin 38 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 1948: Tuesday 9 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri 1948 falls on Tuesday 9 March. Caturdaśī runs from 00:53 on Tue 9 Mar to 03:12 on Wed 10 Mar and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 38 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 9 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 9 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 9 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Niśītha 8th | Covered | Niśītha 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:53 → 11:12 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Chicago | 10:53 → 13:12 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Jersey City | 11:53 → 14:12 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 12:53 → 15:12 | 23:53 | 48 min | 23:52 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| London | 16:53 → 19:12 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Durban | 18:53 → 21:12 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Dubai | 20:53 → 23:12 | 00:05 | 48 min | 00:05 | 0 min | 8 Mar |
| Delhi | 22:23 → 00:42 | 00:08 | 48 min | 00:07 | 34 min | 8 Mar |
| Kolkata | 22:23 → 00:42 | 23:23 | 48 min | 23:23 | 48 min | 8 Mar |
| Singapore | 00:23 → 02:42 | 00:21 | 46 min | 00:21 | 48 min | 9 Mar |
| Sydney | 02:53 → 05:12 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 9 Mar |
| Suva | 04:53 → 07:12 | 23:53 | 0 min | 23:53 | 48 min | 9 Mar |