Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2036

Wednesday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 527 minutes.

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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 Tuesday 19 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:07 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:31
18:4319:0719:3119:5520:1920:4321:07

0 of 84 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 20 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

19:06 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:30
18:4219:0619:3019:5420:1820:4221:06

84 of 84 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 08:55 on Wed 20 Aug to 05:17 on Thu 21 Aug.

    2036-08-20T00:55:15Z → 2036-08-20T21:17:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:07–20:31 on the 19th, 19:06–20:30 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 84 minutes on the 19th and 84 of 84 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 31649 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2036: Wednesday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2036 falls on Wednesday 20 August. Caturdaśī runs from 08:55 on Wed 20 Aug to 05:17 on Thu 21 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 Aug
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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 20thCoveredSunset 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:55 → 14:1719:330 min19:320 min19 Aug
Chicago19:55 → 16:1719:420 min19:400 min19 Aug
Jersey City20:55 → 17:1719:460 min19:440 min19 Aug
Port of Spain20:55 → 17:1718:220 min18:210 min19 Aug
London01:55 → 22:1720:1178 min20:090 min20 Aug
Durban02:55 → 23:1717:35102 min17:350 min20 Aug
Dubai04:55 → 01:1718:4989 min18:480 min20 Aug
Delhi06:25 → 02:4718:5588 min18:540 min20 Aug
Kolkata06:25 → 02:4718:0490 min18:030 min20 Aug
Singapore08:55 → 05:1719:1295 min19:120 min20 Aug
Sydney10:55 → 07:1717:29104 min17:300 min20 Aug
Suva12:55 → 09:1717:5799 min17:570 min20 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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