Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1968

Thursday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 647 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 Thursday 22 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:03 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:28
18:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:3921:03

85 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 23 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:02 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:27
18:3819:0219:2619:5020:1420:3821:02

0 of 85 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 08:03 on Thu 22 Aug to 08:15 on Fri 23 Aug.

    1968-08-22T00:02:48Z → 1968-08-23T00:15:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:03–20:28 on the 22nd, 19:02–20:27 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 85 of 85 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 85 on the 23rd.

    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 38804 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1968: Thursday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1968 falls on Thursday 22 August. Caturdaśī runs from 08:03 on Thu 22 Aug to 08:15 on Fri 23 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 22ndCoveredSunset 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:03 → 17:1519:310 min19:300 min21 Aug
Chicago19:03 → 19:1519:400 min19:380 min21 Aug
Jersey City20:03 → 20:1519:4432 min19:420 min21 Aug
Port of Spain20:03 → 20:1518:2193 min18:200 min22 Aug
London01:03 → 01:1520:0879 min20:060 min22 Aug
Durban02:03 → 02:1517:35102 min17:360 min22 Aug
Dubai04:03 → 04:1518:4789 min18:460 min22 Aug
Delhi05:33 → 05:4518:5388 min18:520 min22 Aug
Kolkata05:33 → 05:4518:0290 min18:020 min22 Aug
Singapore07:33 → 07:4518:4295 min18:410 min22 Aug
Sydney10:03 → 10:1517:30103 min17:310 min22 Aug
Suva12:03 → 12:1517:5799 min17:570 min22 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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