Dawn of Thursday 20 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:48 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:32
04:2404:4805:1205:3606:0006:2406:48
0 of 104 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1949
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 154 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 20 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 104 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 21 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
104 of 104 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 12:44 on Thu 20 Oct to 09:07 on Fri 21 Oct.
1949-10-20T04:43:39Z → 1949-10-21T01:07:03Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:48–06:32 on the 20th, 04:49–06:33 on the 21st.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 104 minutes on the 20th and 104 of 104 on the 21st.
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 9237 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1949: Friday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1949 falls on Friday 21 October. Caturdaśī runs from 12:44 on Thu 20 Oct to 09:07 on Fri 21 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 21 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 20th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:44 → 17:07 | 04:20 | 102 min | 04:20 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:44 → 19:07 | 04:24 | 105 min | 04:25 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:44 → 20:07 | 04:29 | 104 min | 04:29 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:44 → 21:07 | 04:18 | 97 min | 04:18 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 05:44 → 02:07 | 05:44 | 108 min | 05:45 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 06:44 → 03:07 | 03:45 | 0 min | 03:44 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 08:44 → 05:07 | 04:39 | 0 min | 04:40 | 27 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:14 → 06:37 | 04:44 | 0 min | 04:44 | 101 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:14 → 06:37 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:56 | 100 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:14 → 08:37 | 04:42 | 0 min | 04:42 | 95 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:44 → 11:07 | 03:41 | 0 min | 03:40 | 87 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 16:44 → 13:07 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:03 | 91 min | 21 Oct |