Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2022

Thursday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 243 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 Thursday 25 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:59 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:25
18:3518:5919:2319:4720:1120:3520:59

86 of 86 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 26 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

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

0 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 13:08 on Thu 25 Aug to 14:55 on Fri 26 Aug.

    2022-08-25T05:08:24Z → 2022-08-26T06:54:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:59–20:25 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 86 of 86 minutes on the 25th and 0 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 14603 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2022: Thursday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2022 falls on Thursday 25 August. Caturdaśī runs from 13:08 on Thu 25 Aug to 14:55 on Fri 26 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 Angeles22:08 → 23:5519:2787 min19:260 min25 Aug
Chicago00:08 → 01:5519:3585 min19:330 min25 Aug
Jersey City01:08 → 02:5519:3985 min19:380 min25 Aug
Port of Spain01:08 → 02:5518:1993 min18:190 min25 Aug
London06:08 → 07:5520:0280 min20:000 min25 Aug
Durban07:08 → 08:5517:37102 min17:370 min25 Aug
Dubai09:08 → 10:5518:4590 min18:440 min25 Aug
Delhi10:38 → 12:2518:5089 min18:490 min25 Aug
Kolkata10:38 → 12:2518:0090 min17:590 min25 Aug
Singapore13:08 → 14:5519:1195 min19:110 min25 Aug
Sydney15:08 → 16:5517:32103 min17:330 min25 Aug
Suva17:08 → 18:5517:5899 min17:5857 min25 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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