Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 1963

Thursday 24 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 356 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two dawns

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

Dawn of Thursday 24 January

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:39 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:32
05:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

113 of 113 minutes covered

Dawn of Friday 25 January

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:39 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:31
05:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

0 of 112 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 23:43 on Wed 23 Jan to 23:00 on Thu 24 Jan.

    1963-01-23T15:43:00Z → 1963-01-24T14:59:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:39–07:32 on the 24th, 05:39–07:31 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 113 of 113 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 112 on the 25th.

    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 21370 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 1963: Thursday 24 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 1963 falls on Thursday 24 January. Caturdaśī runs from 23:43 on Wed 23 Jan to 23:00 on Thu 24 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/yama-tarpana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 Jan
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 23rdCoveredAruṇodaya 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:43 → 07:0005:060 min05:06110 min24 Jan
Chicago09:43 → 09:0005:170 min05:17114 min24 Jan
Jersey City10:43 → 10:0005:210 min05:20114 min24 Jan
Port of Spain11:43 → 11:0004:510 min04:5199 min24 Jan
London15:43 → 15:0005:500 min05:49123 min24 Jan
Durban17:43 → 17:0003:540 min03:5582 min24 Jan
Dubai19:43 → 19:0005:200 min05:20105 min24 Jan
Delhi21:13 → 20:3005:270 min05:27107 min24 Jan
Kolkata21:13 → 20:3004:350 min04:34104 min24 Jan
Singapore23:13 → 22:3005:090 min05:0996 min24 Jan
Sydney01:43 → 01:0003:470 min03:4880 min24 Jan
Suva03:43 → 03:0004:200 min04:2088 min24 Jan
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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