Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1982

Sunday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 minutes.

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 Sunday 14 November

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:08 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:59
04:4405:0805:3205:5606:2006:4407:0807:32

111 of 111 minutes covered

Dawn of Monday 15 November

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:09 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:00
04:4505:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:33

0 of 111 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 21:51 on Sat 13 Nov to 22:16 on Sun 14 Nov.

    1982-11-13T13:50:50Z → 1982-11-14T14:15:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:08–06:59 on the 14th, 05:09–07:00 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 111 of 111 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 111 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 24781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1982: Sunday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1982 falls on Sunday 14 November. Caturdaśī runs from 21:51 on Sat 13 Nov to 22:16 on Sun 14 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/naraka-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 Nov
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/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 13thCoveredAruṇodaya 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:51 → 06:1604:3533 min04:36100 min13 Nov
Chicago07:51 → 08:1604:450 min04:46113 min14 Nov
Jersey City08:51 → 09:1604:490 min04:50112 min14 Nov
Port of Spain09:51 → 10:1604:220 min04:2299 min14 Nov
London13:51 → 14:1605:150 min05:16120 min14 Nov
Durban15:51 → 16:1603:300 min03:3083 min14 Nov
Dubai17:51 → 18:1604:500 min04:50104 min14 Nov
Delhi19:21 → 19:4604:560 min04:57106 min14 Nov
Kolkata19:21 → 19:4604:050 min04:05103 min14 Nov
Singapore21:51 → 22:1605:120 min05:1296 min14 Nov
Sydney00:51 → 01:1604:240 min04:2382 min14 Nov
Suva01:51 → 02:1603:540 min03:5489 min14 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
naraka-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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