Dawn of Wednesday 8 November
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:03 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:52
04:3905:0305:2705:5106:1506:3907:03
0 of 109 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1950
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 8 November
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 109 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 9 November
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 14:26 on Wed 8 Nov to 11:06 on Thu 9 Nov.
1950-11-08T06:25:49Z → 1950-11-09T03:05:34Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:03–06:52 on the 8th, 05:04–06:53 on the 9th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 109 minutes on the 8th and 110 of 110 on the 9th.
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 15133 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1950: Thursday 9 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1950 falls on Thursday 9 November. Caturdaśī runs from 14:26 on Wed 8 Nov to 11:06 on Thu 9 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 9 Nov |
| 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 8th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:26 → 19:06 | 04:32 | 107 min | 04:32 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 00:26 → 21:06 | 04:40 | 111 min | 04:41 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 01:26 → 22:06 | 04:44 | 110 min | 04:45 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 02:26 → 23:06 | 04:21 | 99 min | 04:21 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 06:26 → 03:06 | 05:08 | 40 min | 05:09 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 08:26 → 05:06 | 03:32 | 0 min | 03:32 | 84 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 10:26 → 07:06 | 04:47 | 0 min | 04:48 | 104 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 11:56 → 08:36 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:54 | 105 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 11:56 → 08:36 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:03 | 103 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:56 → 10:36 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 96 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 16:26 → 13:06 | 03:27 | 0 min | 03:26 | 83 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 18:26 → 15:06 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:55 | 89 min | 9 Nov |