Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 1996

Wednesday 11 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 420 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 10 September

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:05
18:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:34

0 of 91 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 11 September

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:33 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:04
18:0918:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:33

91 of 91 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 03:06 on Wed 11 Sep to 05:15 on Thu 12 Sep.

    1996-09-10T19:05:44Z → 1996-09-11T21:15:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:34–20:05 on the 10th, 18:33–20:04 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 91 minutes on the 10th and 91 of 91 on the 11th.

    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 25227 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 1996: Wednesday 11 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 1996 falls on Wednesday 11 September. Caturdaśī runs from 03:06 on Wed 11 Sep to 05:15 on Thu 12 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 Sep
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 10thCoveredSunset 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:06 → 14:1519:0692 min19:040 min10 Sep
Chicago14:06 → 16:1519:0891 min19:060 min10 Sep
Jersey City15:06 → 17:1519:1391 min19:110 min10 Sep
Port of Spain15:06 → 17:1518:0994 min18:090 min10 Sep
London20:06 → 22:1519:2648 min19:2389 min11 Sep
Durban21:06 → 23:1517:460 min17:4698 min11 Sep
Dubai23:06 → 01:1518:280 min18:2793 min11 Sep
Delhi00:36 → 02:4518:320 min18:3193 min11 Sep
Kolkata00:36 → 02:4517:450 min17:4493 min11 Sep
Singapore03:06 → 05:1519:050 min19:0595 min11 Sep
Sydney05:06 → 07:1517:430 min17:4498 min11 Sep
Suva07:06 → 09:1518:000 min18:0097 min11 Sep
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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