Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2032

Tuesday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 57 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 Monday 23 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:21 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:01
15:5716:2116:4517:0917:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:33

0 of 160 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 24 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:20 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:00
15:5616:2016:4417:0817:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:32

160 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 22:47 on Mon 23 Aug to 19:57 on Tue 24 Aug.

    2032-08-23T14:46:46Z → 2032-08-24T11:56:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:21–19:01 on the 23rd, 16:20–19:00 on the 24th.

    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 160 minutes on the 23rd and 160 of 160 on the 24th.

    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 3412 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2032: Tuesday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2032 falls on Tuesday 24 August. Caturthī runs from 22:47 on Mon 23 Aug to 19:57 on Tue 24 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 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 23rdCoveredSāyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:47 → 04:5716:52158 min16:510 min23 Aug
Chicago09:47 → 06:5716:55162 min16:540 min23 Aug
Jersey City10:47 → 07:5717:00161 min16:590 min23 Aug
Port of Spain10:47 → 07:5715:51149 min15:510 min23 Aug
London15:47 → 12:5717:16169 min17:150 min23 Aug
Durban16:47 → 13:5715:2149 min15:210 min23 Aug
Dubai18:47 → 15:5716:120 min16:110 min23 Aug
Delhi20:17 → 17:2716:160 min16:1671 min24 Aug
Kolkata20:17 → 17:2715:280 min15:28119 min24 Aug
Singapore22:47 → 19:5716:460 min16:45146 min24 Aug
Sydney00:47 → 21:5715:180 min15:18134 min24 Aug
Suva02:47 → 23:5715:380 min15:38139 min24 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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