Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2024

Thursday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 24 s.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

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

Late afternoon of Thursday 22 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:22 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:03
Caturthī begins 16:16:37
15:5816:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:34

161 of 161 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 23 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:21 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:02
15:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 160 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 16:17 on Thu 22 Aug to 13:09 on Fri 23 Aug.

    2024-08-22T08:16:37Z → 2024-08-23T05:09:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:22–19:03 on the 22nd, 16:21–19:02 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 161 of 161 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 160 on the 23rd.

    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 324 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2024: Thursday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2024 falls on Thursday 22 August. Caturthī runs from 16:17 on Thu 22 Aug to 13:09 on Fri 23 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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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 22ndCoveredSāyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:17 → 22:0916:52158 min16:520 min22 Aug
Chicago03:17 → 00:0916:57162 min16:550 min22 Aug
Jersey City04:17 → 01:0917:01162 min17:000 min22 Aug
Port of Spain04:17 → 01:0915:52149 min15:510 min22 Aug
London09:17 → 06:0917:17170 min17:160 min22 Aug
Durban10:17 → 07:0915:21135 min15:210 min22 Aug
Dubai12:17 → 09:0916:13154 min16:120 min22 Aug
Delhi13:47 → 10:3916:17156 min16:170 min22 Aug
Kolkata13:47 → 10:3915:29153 min15:280 min22 Aug
Singapore16:17 → 13:0916:46146 min16:460 min22 Aug
Sydney18:17 → 15:0915:170 min15:180 min22 Aug
Suva20:17 → 17:0915:380 min15:3891 min23 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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