Ruling · Tila Caturthī · 2032

Saturday 14 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 355 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Friday 13 February

Caturthī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:39
17:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:2819:52

0 of 107 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 14 February

Taken. The only evening Caturthī reaches.

17:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
17:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:2919:53

106 of 106 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 04:00 on Sat 14 Feb to 01:35 on Sun 15 Feb.

    2032-02-13T20:00:14Z → 2032-02-14T17:35:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:52–19:39 on the 13th, 17:53–19:40 on the 14th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 107 minutes on the 13th and 106 of 106 on the 14th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 21328 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Tila Caturthī, Baoding, 2032: Saturday 14 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Tila Caturthī 2032 falls on Saturday 14 February. Caturthī runs from 04:00 on Sat 14 Feb to 01:35 on Sun 15 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 Feb
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/tila-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Māgha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Caturthī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“S 4 Tila caturthi and Kunda caturthi (pradosavyapini), Varada caturthi (Bengal & Orissa), Ganesa caturthi, Ganesa jayanti (madhyahnavyapini purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSunset 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:00 → 09:3517:35105 min17:350 min13 Feb
Chicago14:00 → 11:3517:20108 min17:220 min13 Feb
Jersey City15:00 → 12:3517:28107 min17:290 min13 Feb
Port of Spain16:00 → 13:3518:1398 min18:140 min13 Feb
London20:00 → 17:3517:110 min17:1323 min14 Feb
Durban22:00 → 19:3518:450 min18:4451 min14 Feb
Dubai00:00 → 21:3518:110 min18:12102 min14 Feb
Delhi01:30 → 23:0518:090 min18:10103 min14 Feb
Kolkata01:30 → 23:0517:310 min17:32101 min14 Feb
Singapore04:00 → 01:3519:210 min19:2195 min14 Feb
Sydney07:00 → 04:3519:500 min19:4985 min14 Feb
Suva08:00 → 05:3518:420 min18:4190 min14 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
tila-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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