Ruling · Tila Caturthī · 1978

Friday 10 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 104 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 10 February

Taken. The only evening Caturthī reaches.

17:49 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:36
17:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:2519:49

108 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 11 February

Caturthī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:50 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:37
17:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:50

0 of 107 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 16:05 on Fri 10 Feb to 15:10 on Sat 11 Feb.

    1978-02-10T08:04:31Z → 1978-02-11T07:09:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:49–19:36 on the 10th, 17:50–19:37 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 107 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6261 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Tila Caturthī, Baoding, 1978: Friday 10 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Tila Caturthī 1978 falls on Friday 10 February. Caturthī runs from 16:05 on Fri 10 Feb to 15:10 on Sat 11 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/tila-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 Feb
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/tila-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSunset 10thCoveredSunset 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:05 → 23:1017:32105 min17:330 min10 Feb
Chicago02:05 → 01:1017:17109 min17:180 min10 Feb
Jersey City03:05 → 02:1017:24108 min17:260 min10 Feb
Port of Spain04:05 → 03:1018:1398 min18:130 min10 Feb
London08:05 → 07:1017:05114 min17:070 min10 Feb
Durban10:05 → 09:1018:4886 min18:470 min10 Feb
Dubai12:05 → 11:1018:09102 min18:100 min10 Feb
Delhi13:35 → 12:4018:07104 min18:080 min10 Feb
Kolkata13:35 → 12:4017:30102 min17:300 min10 Feb
Singapore15:35 → 14:4018:5195 min18:510 min10 Feb
Sydney19:05 → 18:1019:5384 min19:520 min10 Feb
Suva20:05 → 19:1018:439 min18:4327 min11 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
tila-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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