Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2002

Thursday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 52 minutes.

Decide it for

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 5 September

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:43 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:12
18:1918:4319:0719:3119:5520:1920:43

89 of 89 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 6 September

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:11
18:1718:4119:0519:2919:5320:1720:41

0 of 89 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 17:51 on Thu 5 Sep to 14:42 on Fri 6 Sep.

    2002-09-05T09:51:21Z → 2002-09-06T06:42:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:43–20:12 on the 5th, 18:41–20:11 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 89 of 89 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 89 on the 6th.

    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 3100 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2002: Thursday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2002 falls on Thursday 5 September. Caturdaśī runs from 17:51 on Thu 5 Sep to 14:42 on Fri 6 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:51 → 23:4219:1390 min19:120 min5 Sep
Chicago04:51 → 01:4219:1789 min19:150 min5 Sep
Jersey City05:51 → 02:4219:2289 min19:200 min5 Sep
Port of Spain05:51 → 02:4218:1394 min18:120 min5 Sep
London10:51 → 07:4219:3886 min19:360 min5 Sep
Durban11:51 → 08:4217:4399 min17:430 min5 Sep
Dubai13:51 → 10:4218:3492 min18:330 min5 Sep
Delhi15:21 → 12:1218:3891 min18:370 min5 Sep
Kolkata15:21 → 12:1217:5092 min17:490 min5 Sep
Singapore17:51 → 14:4219:0795 min19:070 min5 Sep
Sydney19:51 → 16:4217:390 min17:400 min5 Sep
Suva21:51 → 18:4217:590 min18:0042 min6 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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