Evening of Tuesday 30 January
Caturthī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:27
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00
0 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Tila Caturthī · 1979
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 326 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Tuesday 30 January
Caturthī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Evening of Wednesday 31 January
Taken. The only evening Caturthī reaches.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturthī runs from 03:39 on Wed 31 Jan to 00:53 on Thu 1 Feb.
1979-01-30T19:38:48Z → 1979-01-31T16:53:24Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:36–19:27 on the 30th, 17:37–19:27 on the 31st.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturthī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 30th and 110 of 110 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19554 s
Ruling
Tila Caturthī, Baoding, 1979: Wednesday 31 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Tila Caturthī 1979 falls on Wednesday 31 January. Caturthī runs from 03:39 on Wed 31 Jan to 00:53 on Thu 1 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 31 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 31 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 31 Jan |
| 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 30th | Covered | Sunset 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:39 → 08:53 | 17:21 | 108 min | 17:22 | 0 min | 30 Jan |
| Chicago | 13:39 → 10:53 | 17:02 | 112 min | 17:04 | 0 min | 30 Jan |
| Jersey City | 14:39 → 11:53 | 17:11 | 112 min | 17:12 | 0 min | 30 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 15:39 → 12:53 | 18:09 | 99 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 30 Jan |
| London | 19:39 → 16:53 | 16:45 | 0 min | 16:47 | 7 min | 31 Jan |
| Durban | 21:39 → 18:53 | 18:55 | 0 min | 18:55 | 0 min | 30 Jan |
| Dubai | 23:39 → 20:53 | 18:01 | 0 min | 18:02 | 104 min | 31 Jan |
| Delhi | 01:09 → 22:23 | 17:58 | 0 min | 17:59 | 106 min | 31 Jan |
| Kolkata | 01:09 → 22:23 | 17:23 | 0 min | 17:23 | 103 min | 31 Jan |
| Singapore | 03:09 → 00:23 | 18:49 | 0 min | 18:50 | 96 min | 31 Jan |
| Sydney | 06:39 → 03:53 | 20:02 | 0 min | 20:01 | 82 min | 31 Jan |
| Suva | 07:39 → 04:53 | 18:47 | 0 min | 18:47 | 89 min | 31 Jan |