Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2003

Tuesday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 Monday 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

Evening of Tuesday 26 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:24
18:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:3420:58

86 of 86 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 03:47 on Tue 26 Aug to 02:53 on Wed 27 Aug.

    2003-08-25T19:46:32Z → 2003-08-26T18:53:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:00–20:25 on the 25th, 18:58–20:24 on the 26th.

    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 85 minutes on the 25th and 86 of 86 on the 26th.

    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 23348 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2003: Tuesday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2003 falls on Tuesday 26 August. Caturdaśī runs from 03:47 on Tue 26 Aug to 02:53 on Wed 27 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 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 25thCoveredSunset 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:47 → 11:5319:2887 min19:270 min25 Aug
Chicago14:47 → 13:5319:3685 min19:340 min25 Aug
Jersey City15:47 → 14:5319:4085 min19:380 min25 Aug
Port of Spain15:47 → 14:5318:2093 min18:190 min25 Aug
London20:47 → 19:5320:0336 min20:010 min25 Aug
Durban21:47 → 20:5317:370 min17:37101 min26 Aug
Dubai23:47 → 22:5318:450 min18:4490 min26 Aug
Delhi01:17 → 00:2318:510 min18:5089 min26 Aug
Kolkata01:17 → 00:2318:000 min17:5990 min26 Aug
Singapore03:47 → 02:5319:110 min19:1195 min26 Aug
Sydney05:47 → 04:5317:320 min17:32103 min26 Aug
Suva07:47 → 06:5317:570 min17:5899 min26 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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