Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1989

Tuesday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 390 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

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

Evening of Tuesday 29 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:20
19:2919:5320:1720:4121:0521:2921:53

87 of 87 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 30 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:19
19:2819:5220:1620:4021:0421:2821:52

0 of 87 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 12:25 on Tue 29 Aug to 13:22 on Wed 30 Aug.

    1989-08-29T03:25:16Z → 1989-08-30T04:22:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:53–21:20 on the 29th, 19:52–21:19 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 87 of 87 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 87 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 23397 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1989: Tuesday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1989 falls on Tuesday 29 August. Caturdaśī runs from 12:25 on Tue 29 Aug to 13:22 on Wed 30 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1989/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 Aug
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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 29thCoveredSunset 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:25 → 21:2219:2288 min19:210 min29 Aug
Chicago22:25 → 23:2219:2986 min19:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City23:25 → 00:2219:3386 min19:310 min29 Aug
Port of Spain23:25 → 00:2218:1793 min18:160 min29 Aug
London04:25 → 05:2219:5382 min19:510 min29 Aug
Durban05:25 → 06:2217:39101 min17:400 min29 Aug
Dubai07:25 → 08:2218:4190 min18:400 min29 Aug
Delhi08:55 → 09:5218:4690 min18:450 min29 Aug
Kolkata08:55 → 09:5217:5691 min17:560 min29 Aug
Singapore11:25 → 12:2219:1095 min19:090 min29 Aug
Sydney13:25 → 14:2217:35102 min17:350 min29 Aug
Suva15:25 → 16:2217:5898 min17:580 min29 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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