Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1990

Friday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Thursday 9 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:34 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:21
17:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:5820:2220:46

0 of 167 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 10 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

17:33 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:20
Caturthī ends 19:53:42
17:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:5720:2120:45

141 of 167 minutes covered, the first 141

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 21:21 on Thu 9 Aug to 19:54 on Fri 10 Aug.

    1990-08-09T12:20:44Z → 1990-08-10T10:53:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:34–20:21 on the 9th, 17:33–20:20 on the 10th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 167 minutes on the 9th and 141 of 167 on the 10th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 1561 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1990: Friday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1990 falls on Friday 10 August. Caturthī runs from 21:21 on Thu 9 Aug to 19:54 on Fri 10 Aug and covers 141 of 167 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 Aug
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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 9thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:21 → 03:5417:03163 min17:020 min9 Aug
Chicago07:21 → 05:5417:10169 min17:090 min9 Aug
Jersey City08:21 → 06:5417:14168 min17:130 min9 Aug
Port of Spain08:21 → 06:5415:57150 min15:570 min9 Aug
London13:21 → 11:5417:35180 min17:340 min9 Aug
Durban14:21 → 12:5415:17130 min15:180 min9 Aug
Dubai16:21 → 14:5416:21158 min16:200 min9 Aug
Delhi17:51 → 16:2416:2675 min16:260 min9 Aug
Kolkata17:51 → 16:2415:3622 min15:3648 min9 Aug
Singapore20:21 → 18:5416:490 min16:49125 min10 Aug
Sydney22:21 → 20:5415:130 min15:13128 min10 Aug
Suva00:21 → 22:5415:370 min15:37137 min10 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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