Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1949

Monday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 94 minutes.

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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 Monday 22 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:04 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:29
18:4019:0419:2819:5220:1620:4021:04

85 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 23 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:28
18:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:3921:03

0 of 85 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 17:30 on Mon 22 Aug to 14:57 on Tue 23 Aug.

    1949-08-22T09:30:05Z → 1949-08-23T06:56:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:04–20:29 on the 22nd, 19:03–20:28 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 85 on the 23rd.

    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 5637 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1949: Monday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1949 falls on Monday 22 August. Caturdaśī runs from 17:30 on Mon 22 Aug to 14:57 on Tue 23 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:30 → 22:5718:3186 min18:300 min22 Aug
Chicago04:30 → 01:5719:4084 min19:390 min22 Aug
Jersey City05:30 → 02:5719:4484 min19:430 min22 Aug
Port of Spain05:30 → 02:5718:2193 min18:200 min22 Aug
London10:30 → 07:5720:0979 min20:070 min22 Aug
Durban11:30 → 08:5717:35102 min17:360 min22 Aug
Dubai13:30 → 10:5718:4889 min18:470 min22 Aug
Delhi15:00 → 12:2718:5488 min18:530 min22 Aug
Kolkata15:00 → 12:2718:0390 min18:020 min22 Aug
Singapore17:00 → 14:2718:4295 min18:410 min22 Aug
Sydney19:30 → 16:5717:300 min17:300 min22 Aug
Suva21:30 → 18:5717:570 min17:5760 min23 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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