Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 2028

Tuesday 25 January

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 531 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Tuesday 25 January

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:39 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:31
05:1505:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

112 of 112 minutes covered

Dawn of Wednesday 26 January

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:38 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:30
05:1405:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02

0 of 112 minutes covered

Caturdaśī presentAruṇodaya, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 18:39 on Mon 24 Jan to 20:47 on Tue 25 Jan.

    2028-01-24T10:39:28Z → 2028-01-25T12:47:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:39–07:31 on the 25th, 05:38–07:30 on the 26th.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 112 of 112 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 112 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31841 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 2028: Tuesday 25 January.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 2028 falls on Tuesday 25 January. Caturdaśī runs from 18:39 on Mon 24 Jan to 20:47 on Tue 25 Jan and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/yama-tarpana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Jan
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Jan
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 Jan
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/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Pauṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 24thCoveredAruṇodaya 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:39 → 04:4705:06110 min05:060 min24 Jan
Chicago04:39 → 06:4705:16114 min05:1691 min24 Jan
Jersey City05:39 → 07:4705:2094 min05:20113 min25 Jan
Port of Spain06:39 → 08:4704:510 min04:5199 min25 Jan
London10:39 → 12:4705:490 min05:48122 min25 Jan
Durban12:39 → 14:4703:550 min03:5683 min25 Jan
Dubai14:39 → 16:4705:200 min05:19105 min25 Jan
Delhi16:09 → 18:1705:260 min05:26107 min25 Jan
Kolkata16:09 → 18:1704:340 min04:34104 min25 Jan
Singapore18:39 → 20:4705:390 min05:4096 min25 Jan
Sydney21:39 → 23:4704:480 min04:4980 min25 Jan
Suva22:39 → 00:4704:200 min04:2188 min25 Jan
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-tarpana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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