Dawn of Saturday 4 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
05:00 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:49
Caturdaśī begins 04:57:33
04:3605:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:00
108 of 108 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1972
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 34 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Saturday 4 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
108 of 108 minutes covered
Dawn of Sunday 5 November
Qualifies with 109 of 109 minutes. Not taken.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 04:58 on Sat 4 Nov to 07:02 on Sun 5 Nov.
1972-11-03T20:57:34Z → 1972-11-04T23:02:04Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:00–06:49 on the 4th, 05:01–06:50 on the 5th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 4th and 109 of 109 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 154 s < 300 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1972: Saturday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1972 falls on Saturday 4 November. Caturdaśī runs from 04:58 on Sat 4 Nov to 07:02 on Sun 5 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 109 minutes; by the rule the first dawn is taken. It is 2 min 34 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 Nov |
| 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 3rd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:58 → 15:02 | 04:29 | 0 min | 04:29 | 106 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 14:58 → 17:02 | 04:36 | 0 min | 04:37 | 110 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 15:58 → 18:02 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:41 | 109 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 16:58 → 19:02 | 04:20 | 0 min | 04:20 | 98 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 20:58 → 23:02 | 05:02 | 0 min | 05:04 | 116 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 22:58 → 01:02 | 03:35 | 0 min | 03:34 | 85 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 00:58 → 03:02 | 04:45 | 0 min | 04:45 | 103 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:28 → 04:32 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:51 | 104 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:28 → 04:32 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:01 | 102 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:28 → 06:32 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 96 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:58 → 10:02 | 04:29 | 0 min | 04:29 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 08:58 → 11:02 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:56 | 0 min | 5 Nov |