Dawn of Tuesday 20 January
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 2004
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 28 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Tuesday 20 January
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 113 minutes covered
Dawn of Wednesday 21 January
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
113 of 113 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 11:08 on Tue 20 Jan to 08:02 on Wed 21 Jan.
2004-01-20T03:07:33Z → 2004-01-21T00:01:47Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:40–07:34 on the 20th, 05:40–07:33 on the 21st.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 113 minutes on the 20th and 113 of 113 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1707 s
Ruling
Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 2004: Wednesday 21 January.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 2004 falls on Wednesday 21 January. Caturdaśī runs from 11:08 on Tue 20 Jan to 08:02 on Wed 21 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 21 Jan |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 21 Jan |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 21 Jan |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 20th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:08 → 16:02 | 05:07 | 110 min | 05:07 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Chicago | 21:08 → 18:02 | 05:18 | 115 min | 05:18 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Jersey City | 22:08 → 19:02 | 05:22 | 115 min | 05:22 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Port of Spain | 23:08 → 20:02 | 04:50 | 99 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| London | 03:08 → 00:02 | 05:52 | 124 min | 05:51 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Durban | 05:08 → 02:02 | 03:52 | 6 min | 03:53 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Dubai | 07:08 → 04:02 | 05:20 | 0 min | 05:20 | 0 min | 20 Jan |
| Delhi | 08:38 → 05:32 | 05:27 | 0 min | 05:27 | 5 min | 21 Jan |
| Kolkata | 08:38 → 05:32 | 04:34 | 0 min | 04:34 | 57 min | 21 Jan |
| Singapore | 11:08 → 08:02 | 05:38 | 0 min | 05:39 | 96 min | 21 Jan |
| Sydney | 14:08 → 11:02 | 04:45 | 0 min | 04:45 | 80 min | 21 Jan |
| Suva | 15:08 → 12:02 | 04:18 | 0 min | 04:18 | 88 min | 21 Jan |