Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1971

Monday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 9 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:34 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:21
Caturthī begins 18:44:14
16:1016:3416:5817:2217:4618:1018:3418:5819:2219:46

37 of 167 minutes covered, the last 37

Late afternoon of Tuesday 10 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:33 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:20
16:0916:3316:5717:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:45

0 of 167 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 18:44 on Mon 9 Aug to 15:40 on Tue 10 Aug.

    1971-08-09T10:44:15Z → 1971-08-10T07:40:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:34–19:21 on the 9th, 16:33–19:20 on the 10th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 37 of 167 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 167 on the 10th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2226 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1971: Monday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1971 falls on Monday 9 August. Caturthī runs from 18:44 on Mon 9 Aug to 15:40 on Tue 10 Aug and covers 37 of 167 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1971/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 9thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:44 → 00:4017:03163 min17:020 min9 Aug
Chicago05:44 → 02:4017:10169 min17:090 min9 Aug
Jersey City06:44 → 03:4017:14168 min17:130 min9 Aug
Port of Spain06:44 → 03:4015:57150 min15:570 min9 Aug
London11:44 → 08:4017:35180 min17:340 min9 Aug
Durban12:44 → 09:4015:17130 min15:170 min9 Aug
Dubai14:44 → 11:4016:21158 min16:200 min9 Aug
Delhi16:14 → 13:1016:26160 min16:260 min9 Aug
Kolkata16:14 → 13:1015:37119 min15:360 min9 Aug
Singapore18:14 → 15:1016:1931 min16:190 min9 Aug
Sydney20:44 → 17:4015:130 min15:13128 min10 Aug
Suva22:44 → 19:4015:370 min15:37137 min10 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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