Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 1956

Friday 10 February

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

Decide it for

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The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Friday 10 February

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:29 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:17
05:0505:2905:5306:1706:4107:0507:29

108 of 108 minutes covered

Dawn of Saturday 11 February

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:28 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:16
05:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:28

0 of 108 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentAruṇodaya, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 01:47 on Fri 10 Feb to 03:55 on Sat 11 Feb.

    1956-02-09T17:46:42Z → 1956-02-10T19:54:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:29–07:17 on the 10th, 05:28–07:16 on the 11th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 108 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5620 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 1956: Friday 10 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 1956 falls on Friday 10 February. Caturdaśī runs from 01:47 on Fri 10 Feb to 03:55 on Sat 11 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/yama-tarpana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 Feb
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/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Pauṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 9thCoveredAruṇodaya 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:47 → 11:5504:590 min04:58106 min10 Feb
Chicago11:47 → 13:5505:060 min05:05109 min10 Feb
Jersey City12:47 → 14:5505:100 min05:09109 min10 Feb
Port of Spain13:47 → 15:5504:500 min04:5098 min10 Feb
London17:47 → 19:5505:320 min05:31115 min10 Feb
Durban19:47 → 21:5504:050 min04:0686 min10 Feb
Dubai21:47 → 23:5505:160 min05:15103 min10 Feb
Delhi23:17 → 01:2505:210 min05:21104 min10 Feb
Kolkata23:17 → 01:2504:310 min04:31102 min10 Feb
Singapore01:17 → 03:2505:110 min05:1296 min10 Feb
Sydney03:47 → 05:5504:000 min04:0184 min11 Feb
Suva05:47 → 07:5504:270 min04:2811 min11 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-tarpana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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