Dawn of Tuesday 23 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
04:51 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:36
04:2704:5105:1505:3906:0306:2706:51
105 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 1984
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 88 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 23 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
105 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 24 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 03:23 on Tue 23 Oct to 23:44 on Tue 23 Oct.
1984-10-22T19:22:47Z → 1984-10-23T15:44:11Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:51–06:36 on the 23rd, 04:52–06:37 on the 24th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 105 on the 24th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 5289 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1984: Tuesday 23 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 1984 falls on Tuesday 23 October. Caturdaśī runs from 03:23 on Tue 23 Oct to 23:44 on Tue 23 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 23 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 22nd | Covered | Aruṇodaya 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:23 → 08:44 | 05:21 | 0 min | 05:22 | 103 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:23 → 10:44 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:27 | 106 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:23 → 11:44 | 05:31 | 0 min | 05:31 | 106 min | 23 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 15:23 → 11:44 | 04:18 | 0 min | 04:18 | 97 min | 23 Oct |
| London | 20:23 → 16:44 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:49 | 110 min | 23 Oct |
| Durban | 21:23 → 17:44 | 03:43 | 0 min | 03:42 | 88 min | 23 Oct |
| Dubai | 23:23 → 19:44 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:40 | 101 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:53 → 21:14 | 04:45 | 0 min | 04:45 | 102 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:53 → 21:14 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:57 | 100 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:23 → 23:44 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:11 | 95 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 05:23 → 01:44 | 03:39 | 0 min | 03:38 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 07:23 → 03:44 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:01 | 0 min | 23 Oct |