Dawn of Thursday 9 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
05:04 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:54
04:4005:0405:2805:5206:1606:4007:0407:28
110 of 110 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2034
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 34 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 9 November
Taken. Both dawns qualify; the rule takes the first.
110 of 110 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 10 November
Qualifies with 106 of 110 minutes. Not taken.
106 of 110 minutes covered, the first 106
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 04:35 on Thu 9 Nov to 06:50 on Fri 10 Nov.
2034-11-08T20:34:39Z → 2034-11-09T22:50:29Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:04–06:54 on the 9th, 05:05–06:55 on the 10th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 9th and 106 of 110 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both dawns qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 274 s < 300 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2034: Thursday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2034 falls on Thursday 9 November. Caturdaśī runs from 04:35 on Thu 9 Nov to 06:50 on Fri 10 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn. It also reaches the next dawn for 106 minutes; by the rule the first dawn is taken. It is 4 min 34 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 9 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 8th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:35 → 14:50 | 04:32 | 0 min | 04:33 | 108 min | 9 Nov |
| Chicago | 14:35 → 16:50 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:42 | 112 min | 9 Nov |
| Jersey City | 15:35 → 17:50 | 04:45 | 0 min | 04:46 | 111 min | 9 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 16:35 → 18:50 | 04:21 | 0 min | 04:21 | 99 min | 9 Nov |
| London | 20:35 → 22:50 | 05:09 | 0 min | 05:10 | 118 min | 9 Nov |
| Durban | 22:35 → 00:50 | 03:32 | 0 min | 03:31 | 84 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 00:35 → 02:50 | 04:47 | 0 min | 04:48 | 104 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:05 → 04:20 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:54 | 105 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:05 → 04:20 | 04:02 | 0 min | 04:03 | 103 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:35 → 06:50 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 96 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:35 → 09:50 | 04:26 | 0 min | 04:26 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Suva | 08:35 → 10:50 | 03:55 | 0 min | 03:55 | 0 min | 10 Nov |