Dawn of Friday 26 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:53 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:38
04:2904:5305:1705:4106:0506:2906:53
0 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1962
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 582 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Friday 26 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Saturday 27 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 16:20 on Fri 26 Oct to 18:48 on Sat 27 Oct.
1962-10-26T08:19:59Z → 1962-10-27T10:48:09Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:53–06:38 on the 26th, 04:53–06:39 on the 27th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 105 minutes on the 26th and 106 of 106 on the 27th.
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 34908 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1962: Saturday 27 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1962 falls on Saturday 27 October. Caturdaśī runs from 16:20 on Fri 26 Oct to 18:48 on Sat 27 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 27 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 27 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 27 Oct |
| 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 26th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:20 → 03:48 | 05:23 | 104 min | 05:24 | 0 min | 26 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:20 → 05:48 | 05:29 | 107 min | 05:30 | 18 min | 26 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:20 → 06:48 | 05:33 | 106 min | 05:34 | 74 min | 26 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:20 → 06:48 | 04:19 | 96 min | 04:19 | 98 min | 26 Oct |
| London | 09:20 → 11:48 | 05:51 | 0 min | 05:53 | 112 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 10:20 → 12:48 | 03:40 | 0 min | 03:39 | 87 min | 27 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:20 → 14:48 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:42 | 101 min | 27 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:50 → 16:18 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:47 | 102 min | 27 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:50 → 16:18 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:58 | 101 min | 27 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:50 → 18:18 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 95 min | 27 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:20 → 20:48 | 03:36 | 0 min | 03:35 | 86 min | 27 Oct |
| Suva | 20:20 → 22:48 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:00 | 91 min | 27 Oct |