Dawn of Wednesday 22 October
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
04:50 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:34
04:2604:5005:1405:3806:0206:2606:50
104 of 104 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2014
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 22 October
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
104 of 104 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 23 October
Qualifies with 14 of 105 minutes. Not taken.
14 of 105 minutes covered, the first 14
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 03:43 on Wed 22 Oct to 05:05 on Thu 23 Oct.
2014-10-21T19:42:46Z → 2014-10-22T21:05:04Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:50–06:34 on the 22nd, 04:51–06:35 on the 23rd.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 104 of 104 minutes on the 22nd and 14 of 105 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 858 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2014: Wednesday 22 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2014 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Caturdaśī runs from 03:43 on Wed 22 Oct to 05:05 on Thu 23 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 14 minutes; by the rule the first dawn is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 22 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 21st | Covered | Aruṇodaya 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:43 → 14:05 | 05:21 | 0 min | 05:21 | 103 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:43 → 16:05 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:26 | 106 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:43 → 17:05 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:30 | 105 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 15:43 → 17:05 | 04:18 | 0 min | 04:18 | 97 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 20:43 → 22:05 | 05:46 | 0 min | 05:47 | 110 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 21:43 → 23:05 | 03:44 | 0 min | 03:43 | 88 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 23:43 → 01:05 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:40 | 101 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:13 → 02:35 | 04:44 | 0 min | 04:45 | 101 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:13 → 02:35 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:56 | 100 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:43 → 05:05 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:12 | 95 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:43 → 08:05 | 04:40 | 0 min | 04:39 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 07:43 → 09:05 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:02 | 0 min | 23 Oct |