Ruling · Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī (Narasimha Jayanti) · 2003

Wednesday 14 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 Wednesday 14 May

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:22 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:40
Caturdaśī begins 19:02:09
18:5819:2219:4620:1020:3420:5821:22

78 of 78 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 15 May

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:23 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:40
18:5919:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:23

0 of 78 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 19:02 on Wed 14 May to 15:21 on Thu 15 May.

    2003-05-14T11:02:10Z → 2003-05-15T07:20:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:22–20:40 on the 14th, 19:23–20:40 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 78 of 78 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 78 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 1179 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2003: Wednesday 14 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī (Narasimha Jayanti) 2003 falls on Wednesday 14 May. Caturdaśī runs from 19:02 on Wed 14 May to 15:21 on Thu 15 May and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 May
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/nrisimha-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 14 Nrsimha caturdasi (pradosa vyapini — if it occurs on two successive days, the second day is to be observed, special when combined with naksatra 'Svati', yoga 'Siddhi' and 'Saturday').” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102. The row calls the day special with Svātī nakṣatra, Siddhi yoga and a Saturday; none is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 14thCoveredSunset 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:02 → 00:2119:4681 min19:470 min14 May
Chicago06:02 → 02:2120:0276 min20:030 min14 May
Jersey City07:02 → 03:2120:0577 min20:060 min14 May
Port of Spain07:02 → 03:2118:2091 min18:210 min14 May
London12:02 → 08:2120:4368 min20:450 min14 May
Durban13:02 → 09:2117:11107 min17:110 min14 May
Dubai15:02 → 11:2118:5585 min18:560 min14 May
Delhi16:32 → 12:5119:0484 min19:040 min14 May
Kolkata16:32 → 12:5118:0986 min18:090 min14 May
Singapore19:02 → 15:2119:0695 min19:060 min14 May
Sydney21:02 → 17:2117:040 min17:0318 min15 May
Suva23:02 → 19:2117:410 min17:41100 min15 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
nrisimha-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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