Ruling · Yama Tarpaṇa · 2038

Wednesday 3 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 323 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two dawns

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.

Dawn of Tuesday 2 February

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:34 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:24
05:1005:3405:5806:2206:4607:1007:3407:58

0 of 110 minutes covered

Dawn of Wednesday 3 February

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:33 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:23
05:0905:3305:5706:2106:4507:0907:3307:57

110 of 110 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 12:46 on Tue 2 Feb to 13:07 on Wed 3 Feb.

    2038-02-02T04:46:30Z → 2038-02-03T05:06:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:34–07:24 on the 2nd, 05:33–07:23 on the 3rd.

    arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 110 minutes on the 2nd and 110 of 110 on the 3rd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19351 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Yama Tarpaṇa, Baoding, 2038: Wednesday 3 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Yama Tarpaṇa 2038 falls on Wednesday 3 February. Caturdaśī runs from 12:46 on Tue 2 Feb to 13:07 on Wed 3 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/yama-tarpana · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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/yama-tarpana · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Pauṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 14 Yama tarpana (covering a period of 4 ghatikas before sunrise)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 2ndCoveredAruṇodaya 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:46 → 21:0705:02107 min05:010 min2 Feb
Chicago22:46 → 23:0705:11112 min05:100 min2 Feb
Jersey City23:46 → 00:0705:15111 min05:140 min2 Feb
Port of Spain00:46 → 01:0704:5199 min04:510 min2 Feb
London04:46 → 05:0705:39118 min05:380 min2 Feb
Durban06:46 → 07:0704:010 min04:0284 min3 Feb
Dubai08:46 → 09:0705:180 min05:17104 min3 Feb
Delhi10:16 → 10:3705:240 min05:23105 min3 Feb
Kolkata10:16 → 10:3704:330 min04:32103 min3 Feb
Singapore12:46 → 13:0705:410 min05:4196 min3 Feb
Sydney15:46 → 16:0704:550 min04:5683 min3 Feb
Suva16:46 → 17:0704:250 min04:2589 min3 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
yama-tarpana@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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