Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1955

Sunday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 486 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Saturday 6 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:25
16:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48

0 of 168 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Sunday 7 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:24
16:1216:3617:0017:2417:4818:1218:3619:0019:2419:48

168 of 168 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 04:08 on Sun 7 Aug to 03:30 on Mon 8 Aug.

    1955-08-06T20:08:19Z → 1955-08-07T19:29:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:36–19:25 on the 6th, 16:36–19:24 on the 7th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 168 minutes on the 6th and 168 of 168 on the 7th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29146 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1955: Sunday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1955 falls on Sunday 7 August. Caturthī runs from 04:08 on Sun 7 Aug to 03:30 on Mon 8 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:08 → 12:3017:05164 min17:050 min6 Aug
Chicago15:08 → 14:3017:12171 min17:120 min6 Aug
Jersey City16:08 → 15:3017:17170 min17:160 min6 Aug
Port of Spain16:08 → 15:3015:58140 min15:570 min6 Aug
London21:08 → 20:3017:390 min17:38172 min7 Aug
Durban22:08 → 21:3015:160 min15:16130 min7 Aug
Dubai00:08 → 23:3016:220 min16:22158 min7 Aug
Delhi01:38 → 01:0016:280 min16:27161 min7 Aug
Kolkata01:38 → 01:0015:380 min15:37157 min7 Aug
Singapore03:38 → 03:0016:190 min16:19146 min7 Aug
Sydney06:08 → 05:3015:110 min15:12127 min7 Aug
Suva08:08 → 07:3015:370 min15:37136 min7 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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