Ruling · Ananta Caturdaśī · 2016
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Caturdaśī reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Thursday 15 September
Taken. Caturdaśī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
32 of 149 minutes covered, the last 32
Morning of Friday 16 September
Caturdaśī is absent from the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 07:57 on Thu 15 Sep to 05:46 on Fri 16 Sep.
2016-09-14T23:57:17Z → 2016-09-15T21:45:33Z
Kāla
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise is first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:00–08:29 on the 15th, 06:01–08:29 on the 16th.
udaya-3: day-muhurta-1-3 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must hold through the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. It covers 32 of 149 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 149 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: unstated → tithi-day · margin 906 s
Ruling
Ananta Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2016: Thursday 15 September.
confidence: boundary (absent-unstated)
In Baoding, Ananta Caturdaśī 2016 falls on Thursday 15 September. Caturdaśī runs from 07:57 on Thu 15 Sep to 05:46 on Fri 16 Sep, and reaches the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 15 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 15 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 15 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/ananta-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 14 Ananta caturdasi (covering three muhurtas from sunrise, but one muhurta in Bengal).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103. In Bengal the row asks for one muhūrta from sunrise; that reading is not applied.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Sunrise 14th | Covered | Sunrise 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:57 → 14:46 | 06:36 | 0 min | 06:37 | 148 min | 15 Sep |
| Chicago | 18:57 → 16:46 | 06:31 | 0 min | 06:32 | 149 min | 15 Sep |
| Jersey City | 19:57 → 17:46 | 06:37 | 0 min | 06:38 | 149 min | 15 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 19:57 → 17:46 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 146 min | 15 Sep |
| London | 00:57 → 22:46 | 06:35 | 0 min | 06:36 | 152 min | 15 Sep |
| Durban | 01:57 → 23:46 | 05:55 | 0 min | 05:54 | 143 min | 15 Sep |
| Dubai | 03:57 → 01:46 | 06:05 | 0 min | 06:05 | 147 min | 15 Sep |
| Delhi | 05:27 → 03:16 | 06:06 | 0 min | 06:06 | 148 min | 15 Sep |
| Kolkata | 05:27 → 03:16 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:23 | 143 min | 15 Sep |
| Singapore | 07:57 → 05:46 | 06:57 | 0 min | 06:56 | 84 min | 15 Sep |
| Sydney | 09:57 → 07:46 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 15 Sep |
| Suva | 11:57 → 09:46 | 06:03 | 0 min | 06:02 | 0 min | 16 Sep |