Dawn of Thursday 13 November
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:07 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:58
04:4305:0705:3105:5506:1906:4307:0707:31
0 of 111 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2031
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 39 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 13 November
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 111 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 14 November
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
106 of 111 minutes covered, the first 106
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 08:07 on Thu 13 Nov to 06:55 on Fri 14 Nov.
2031-11-13T00:06:45Z → 2031-11-13T22:54:31Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:07–06:58 on the 13th, 05:08–06:59 on the 14th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 111 minutes on the 13th and 106 of 111 on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 279 s < 300 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2031: Friday 14 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2031 falls on Friday 14 November. Caturdaśī runs from 08:07 on Thu 13 Nov to 06:55 on Fri 14 Nov and covers 106 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya that dawn. It is 4 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 14 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Naraka caturdasi (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Aruṇodaya 13th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:07 → 14:55 | 04:36 | 108 min | 04:36 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Chicago | 18:07 → 16:55 | 04:45 | 113 min | 04:46 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Jersey City | 19:07 → 17:55 | 04:49 | 112 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:07 → 18:55 | 04:22 | 99 min | 04:22 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| London | 00:07 → 22:55 | 05:15 | 120 min | 05:16 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Durban | 02:07 → 00:55 | 03:30 | 84 min | 03:30 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:07 → 02:55 | 04:50 | 104 min | 04:50 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 05:37 → 04:25 | 04:56 | 65 min | 04:57 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 05:37 → 04:25 | 04:05 | 11 min | 04:05 | 19 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:07 → 06:55 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:12 | 96 min | 14 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:07 → 09:55 | 04:24 | 0 min | 04:23 | 81 min | 14 Nov |
| Suva | 12:07 → 10:55 | 03:54 | 0 min | 03:54 | 89 min | 14 Nov |