Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 1978

Monday 6 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 50 s.

Decide it for

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

The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Monday 6 February

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:32 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:21
Caturdaśī begins 05:24:49
05:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32

109 of 109 minutes covered

Dawn of Tuesday 7 February

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:31 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:20
05:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:31

0 of 109 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentAruṇodaya, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 05:25 on Mon 6 Feb to 02:04 on Tue 7 Feb.

    1978-02-05T21:24:49Z → 1978-02-06T18:04:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:32–07:21 on the 6th, 05:31–07:20 on the 7th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 109 on the 7th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 410 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 1978: Monday 6 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 1978 falls on Monday 6 February. Caturdaśī runs from 05:25 on Mon 6 Feb to 02:04 on Tue 7 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/yama-tarpana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Pauṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 5thCoveredAruṇodaya 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:25 → 10:0405:010 min05:00107 min6 Feb
Chicago15:25 → 12:0405:090 min05:08110 min6 Feb
Jersey City16:25 → 13:0405:130 min05:12110 min6 Feb
Port of Spain17:25 → 14:0404:510 min04:5198 min6 Feb
London21:25 → 18:0405:360 min05:35117 min6 Feb
Durban23:25 → 20:0404:030 min04:0485 min6 Feb
Dubai01:25 → 22:0405:170 min05:16103 min6 Feb
Delhi02:55 → 23:3405:230 min05:22105 min6 Feb
Kolkata02:55 → 23:3404:320 min04:32102 min6 Feb
Singapore04:55 → 01:3405:110 min05:1196 min6 Feb
Sydney08:25 → 05:0404:570 min04:580 min7 Feb
Suva09:25 → 06:0404:260 min04:260 min7 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-tarpana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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