Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1992

Wednesday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 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 Wednesday 26 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:57 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:23
18:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:3320:57

86 of 86 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 27 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:22
18:3218:5619:2019:4420:0820:3220:56

0 of 86 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 18:19 on Wed 26 Aug to 14:35 on Thu 27 Aug.

    1992-08-26T10:19:19Z → 1992-08-27T06:34:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:57–20:23 on the 26th, 18:56–20:22 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 86 of 86 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 86 on the 27th.

    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 2289 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1992: Wednesday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1992 falls on Wednesday 26 August. Caturdaśī runs from 18:19 on Wed 26 Aug to 14:35 on Thu 27 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 26thCoveredSunset 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:19 → 23:3519:2688 min19:240 min26 Aug
Chicago05:19 → 01:3519:3385 min19:310 min26 Aug
Jersey City06:19 → 02:3519:3786 min19:360 min26 Aug
Port of Spain06:19 → 02:3518:1993 min18:180 min26 Aug
London11:19 → 07:3519:5981 min19:570 min26 Aug
Durban12:19 → 08:3517:38101 min17:380 min26 Aug
Dubai14:19 → 10:3518:4390 min18:420 min26 Aug
Delhi15:49 → 12:0518:4989 min18:480 min26 Aug
Kolkata15:49 → 12:0517:5991 min17:580 min26 Aug
Singapore18:19 → 14:3519:1095 min19:100 min26 Aug
Sydney20:19 → 16:3517:330 min17:330 min26 Aug
Suva22:19 → 18:3517:580 min17:5837 min27 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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