Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1962

Tuesday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 588 minutes.

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Tuesday 28 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:22
18:3218:5619:2019:4420:0820:3220:56

86 of 86 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 29 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:54 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:21
18:3018:5419:1819:4220:0620:3020:54

0 of 87 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 07:22 on Tue 28 Aug to 09:06 on Wed 29 Aug.

    1962-08-27T23:21:56Z → 1962-08-29T01:06:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:56–20:22 on the 28th, 18:54–20:21 on the 29th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 86 of 86 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 87 on the 29th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 35287 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1962: Tuesday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1962 falls on Tuesday 28 August. Caturdaśī runs from 07:22 on Tue 28 Aug to 09:06 on Wed 29 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 27thCoveredSunset 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:22 → 18:0619:2588 min19:230 min27 Aug
Chicago18:22 → 20:0619:3385 min19:290 min27 Aug
Jersey City19:22 → 21:0619:3786 min19:340 min28 Aug
Port of Spain19:22 → 21:0618:1830 min18:170 min28 Aug
London00:22 → 02:0619:590 min19:540 min28 Aug
Durban01:22 → 03:0617:380 min17:390 min28 Aug
Dubai03:22 → 05:0618:430 min18:410 min28 Aug
Delhi04:52 → 06:3618:490 min18:460 min28 Aug
Kolkata04:52 → 06:3617:590 min17:570 min28 Aug
Singapore06:52 → 08:3618:400 min18:400 min28 Aug
Sydney09:22 → 11:0617:330 min17:340 min28 Aug
Suva11:22 → 13:0617:580 min17:580 min28 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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