Evening of Tuesday 3 February
Qualifies with 49 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
17:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:30
Caturthī begins 18:40:48
17:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40
49 of 110 minutes covered, the last 49
Ruling · Tila Caturthī · 1976
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 3 February
Qualifies with 49 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
49 of 110 minutes covered, the last 49
Evening of Wednesday 4 February
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
109 of 109 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturthī runs from 18:41 on Tue 3 Feb to 21:02 on Wed 4 Feb.
1976-02-03T10:40:48Z → 1976-02-04T13:01:56Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:40–19:30 on the 3rd, 17:41–19:31 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturthī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 49 of 110 minutes on the 3rd and 109 of 109 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2947 s
Ruling
Tila Caturthī, Baoding, 1976: Wednesday 4 February.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Tila Caturthī 1976 falls on Wednesday 4 February. Caturthī runs from 18:41 on Tue 3 Feb to 21:02 on Wed 4 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 49 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/tila-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturthī | Sunset 3rd | Covered | Sunset 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:41 → 05:02 | 17:25 | 107 min | 17:26 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Chicago | 04:41 → 07:02 | 17:07 | 111 min | 17:08 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Jersey City | 05:41 → 08:02 | 17:15 | 111 min | 17:16 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 06:41 → 09:02 | 18:10 | 99 min | 18:11 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| London | 10:41 → 13:02 | 16:52 | 118 min | 16:54 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Durban | 12:41 → 15:02 | 18:53 | 85 min | 18:52 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Dubai | 14:41 → 17:02 | 18:04 | 104 min | 18:05 | 0 min | 3 Feb |
| Delhi | 16:11 → 18:32 | 18:01 | 105 min | 18:02 | 30 min | 3 Feb |
| Kolkata | 16:11 → 18:32 | 17:25 | 103 min | 17:26 | 66 min | 3 Feb |
| Singapore | 18:11 → 20:32 | 18:50 | 96 min | 18:50 | 96 min | 3 Feb |
| Sydney | 21:41 → 00:02 | 20:00 | 0 min | 19:59 | 83 min | 4 Feb |
| Suva | 22:41 → 01:02 | 18:46 | 0 min | 18:46 | 89 min | 4 Feb |