Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2022

Monday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 259 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Sunday 14 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:30 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:14
16:0616:3016:5417:1817:4218:0618:3018:5419:1819:42

0 of 165 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 15 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:29 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:13
16:0516:2916:5317:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:41

164 of 164 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 01:06 on Mon 15 Aug to 23:32 on Mon 15 Aug.

    2022-08-14T17:06:15Z → 2022-08-15T15:32:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:30–19:14 on the 14th, 16:29–19:13 on the 15th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 165 minutes on the 14th and 164 of 164 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 15547 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2022: Monday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2022 falls on Monday 15 August. Caturthī runs from 01:06 on Mon 15 Aug to 23:32 on Mon 15 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 15 Aug
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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 14thCoveredSāyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 08:3216:59161 min16:590 min14 Aug
Chicago12:06 → 10:3217:05167 min17:040 min14 Aug
Jersey City13:06 → 11:3217:09166 min17:090 min14 Aug
Port of Spain13:06 → 11:3215:55150 min15:550 min14 Aug
London18:06 → 16:3217:29138 min17:270 min14 Aug
Durban19:06 → 17:3215:190 min15:19132 min15 Aug
Dubai21:06 → 19:3216:180 min16:17156 min15 Aug
Delhi22:36 → 21:0216:230 min16:22158 min15 Aug
Kolkata22:36 → 21:0215:340 min15:33155 min15 Aug
Singapore01:06 → 23:3216:480 min16:48146 min15 Aug
Sydney03:06 → 01:3215:150 min15:15130 min15 Aug
Suva05:06 → 03:3215:380 min15:38138 min15 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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