Wednesday 24 August

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Caturthī runs from 16:25 on Wed 24 Aug to 18:09 on Thu 25 Aug.

   1994-08-24T08:24:51Z → 1994-08-25T10:08:33Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:21–19:01 on the 24th, 16:20–19:00 on the 25th.

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

3. 03

   Rule

   Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 156 of 160 minutes on the 24th and 109 of 160 on the 25th.

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

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both late afternoons qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

   priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 245 s < 300 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1994: Wednesday 24 August.

   confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1994 falls on Wednesday 24 August. Caturthī runs from 16:25 on Wed 24 Aug to 18:09 on Thu 25 Aug and covers 156 of 160 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 109 minutes; by the rule the first late afternoon is taken. It is 4 min 05 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

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