Dawn of Wednesday 25 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:52 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:38
04:2804:5205:1605:4006:0406:2806:52
0 of 105 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2000
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 606 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 25 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 105 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 26 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 17:56 on Wed 25 Oct to 16:45 on Thu 26 Oct.
2000-10-25T09:56:23Z → 2000-10-26T08:44:38Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:52–06:38 on the 25th, 04:53–06:39 on the 26th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 105 minutes on the 25th and 106 of 106 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 36340 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2000: Thursday 26 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2000 falls on Thursday 26 October. Caturdaśī runs from 17:56 on Wed 25 Oct to 16:45 on Thu 26 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 26 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 25th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:56 → 01:45 | 05:23 | 104 min | 05:24 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:56 → 03:45 | 05:29 | 107 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:56 → 04:45 | 05:33 | 83 min | 05:34 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:56 → 04:45 | 04:19 | 0 min | 04:19 | 26 min | 26 Oct |
| London | 10:56 → 09:45 | 05:51 | 0 min | 05:52 | 112 min | 26 Oct |
| Durban | 11:56 → 10:45 | 03:40 | 0 min | 03:40 | 87 min | 26 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:56 → 12:45 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:42 | 101 min | 26 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:26 → 14:15 | 04:46 | 0 min | 04:47 | 102 min | 26 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:26 → 14:15 | 03:57 | 0 min | 03:57 | 101 min | 26 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:56 → 16:45 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 95 min | 26 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:56 → 19:45 | 04:36 | 0 min | 04:35 | 86 min | 26 Oct |
| Suva | 21:56 → 20:45 | 04:00 | 0 min | 04:00 | 91 min | 26 Oct |