Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 1995

Monday 14 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 54 s.

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 Sunday 13 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:31 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:16
16:0716:3116:5517:1917:4318:0718:3118:5519:1919:43

0 of 165 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 14 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:30 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:15
Caturthī ends 19:21:54
16:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42

165 of 165 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 20:03 on Sun 13 Aug to 19:22 on Mon 14 Aug.

    1995-08-13T12:02:47Z → 1995-08-14T11:21:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:31–19:16 on the 13th, 16:30–19:15 on the 14th.

    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 165 minutes on the 13th and 165 of 165 on the 14th.

    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 414 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 1995: Monday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 1995 falls on Monday 14 August. Caturthī runs from 20:03 on Sun 13 Aug to 19:22 on Mon 14 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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/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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:03 → 04:2217:00162 min17:000 min13 Aug
Chicago07:03 → 06:2217:06167 min17:050 min13 Aug
Jersey City08:03 → 07:2217:11167 min17:100 min13 Aug
Port of Spain08:03 → 07:2215:56150 min15:550 min13 Aug
London13:03 → 12:2217:30177 min17:290 min13 Aug
Durban14:03 → 13:2215:18132 min15:190 min13 Aug
Dubai16:03 → 15:2216:19157 min16:180 min13 Aug
Delhi17:33 → 16:5216:2490 min16:2329 min13 Aug
Kolkata17:33 → 16:5215:3537 min15:3478 min13 Aug
Singapore20:03 → 19:2216:480 min16:48146 min14 Aug
Sydney22:03 → 21:2215:140 min15:14130 min14 Aug
Suva00:03 → 23:2215:370 min15:38138 min14 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

About Ahargaṇa