Dawn of Wednesday 24 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:51 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:36
04:2704:5105:1505:3906:0306:2706:51
0 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1973
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 267 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 24 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 25 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
105 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 11:20 on Wed 24 Oct to 11:04 on Thu 25 Oct.
1973-10-24T03:20:13Z → 1973-10-25T03:04:11Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:51–06:36 on the 24th, 04:52–06:37 on the 25th.
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 24th and 105 of 105 on the 25th.
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 16002 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1973: Thursday 25 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1973 falls on Thursday 25 October. Caturdaśī runs from 11:20 on Wed 24 Oct to 11:04 on Thu 25 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 25 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 25 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 25 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 24th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:20 → 20:04 | 05:22 | 104 min | 05:23 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:20 → 22:04 | 05:27 | 106 min | 05:28 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:20 → 23:04 | 05:32 | 106 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:20 → 23:04 | 04:19 | 98 min | 04:19 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 04:20 → 04:04 | 05:49 | 111 min | 05:51 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 05:20 → 05:04 | 03:41 | 0 min | 03:41 | 84 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:20 → 07:04 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 101 min | 25 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:50 → 08:34 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:46 | 102 min | 25 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:50 → 08:34 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:57 | 100 min | 25 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:50 → 10:34 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:41 | 95 min | 25 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:20 → 13:04 | 03:37 | 0 min | 03:37 | 86 min | 25 Oct |
| Suva | 15:20 → 15:04 | 04:01 | 0 min | 04:00 | 91 min | 25 Oct |