Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1995

Thursday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 424 minutes.

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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 Thursday 24 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:01 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:27
18:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:3721:01

85 of 85 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 25 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:00 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
18:3619:0019:2419:4820:1220:3621:00

0 of 85 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 10:53 on Thu 24 Aug to 11:56 on Fri 25 Aug.

    1995-08-24T02:53:10Z → 1995-08-25T03:56:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:01–20:27 on the 24th, 19:00–20:25 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 85 of 85 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 85 on the 25th.

    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 25415 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1995: Thursday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1995 falls on Thursday 24 August. Caturdaśī runs from 10:53 on Thu 24 Aug to 11:56 on Fri 25 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:53 → 20:5619:2987 min19:280 min24 Aug
Chicago21:53 → 22:5619:3784 min19:360 min24 Aug
Jersey City22:53 → 23:5619:4185 min19:400 min24 Aug
Port of Spain22:53 → 23:5618:2093 min18:200 min24 Aug
London03:53 → 04:5620:0579 min20:030 min24 Aug
Durban04:53 → 05:5617:36102 min17:370 min24 Aug
Dubai06:53 → 07:5618:4689 min18:450 min24 Aug
Delhi08:23 → 09:2618:5288 min18:510 min24 Aug
Kolkata08:23 → 09:2618:0190 min18:000 min24 Aug
Singapore10:53 → 11:5619:1195 min19:110 min24 Aug
Sydney12:53 → 13:5617:31103 min17:320 min24 Aug
Suva14:53 → 15:5617:5799 min17:570 min24 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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