Ruling · Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) · 1961

Monday 13 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 47 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Monday 13 February

Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:08  00:56 niśītha ends
Caturdaśī begins 23:21:25
23:2023:4400:0800:3200:5601:2001:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 14 February

Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:08  00:56 niśītha ends
23:2023:4400:0800:3200:5601:2001:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 23:21 on Mon 13 Feb to 19:45 on Tue 14 Feb.

    1961-02-13T15:21:25Z → 1961-02-14T11:45:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:08–00:56 on the 13th, 00:08–00:56 on the 14th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 2802 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 1961: Monday 13 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) 1961 falls on Monday 13 February. Caturdaśī runs from 23:21 on Mon 13 Feb to 19:45 on Tue 14 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/maha-shivaratri · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīNiśītha 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:21 → 03:4523:4348 min23:430 min13 Feb
Chicago09:21 → 05:4523:4148 min23:400 min13 Feb
Jersey City10:21 → 06:4523:4648 min23:460 min13 Feb
Port of Spain11:21 → 07:4523:5648 min23:560 min13 Feb
London15:21 → 11:4523:5048 min23:500 min13 Feb
Durban17:21 → 13:4523:4648 min23:460 min13 Feb
Dubai19:21 → 15:4500:0948 min00:090 min13 Feb
Delhi20:51 → 17:1500:1148 min00:110 min13 Feb
Kolkata20:51 → 17:1523:2748 min23:270 min13 Feb
Singapore22:51 → 19:1500:2548 min00:250 min13 Feb
Sydney01:21 → 21:4523:460 min23:460 min13 Feb
Suva03:21 → 23:4523:570 min23:570 min13 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
maha-shivaratri@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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