Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2040

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 37 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 Saturday 3 November

Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.

05:00 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:48
04:3605:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:00

108 of 108 minutes covered

Dawn of Sunday 4 November

Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.

05:01 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:49
04:3705:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:01

0 of 109 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 04:22 on Sat 3 Nov to 03:56 on Sun 4 Nov.

    2040-11-02T20:22:28Z → 2040-11-03T19:55:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:00–06:48 on the 3rd, 05:01–06:49 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 109 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2234 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2040: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2040 falls on Saturday 3 November. Caturdaśī runs from 04:22 on Sat 3 Nov to 03:56 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2040/naraka-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Nov
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/naraka-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Aruṇodaya
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīAruṇodaya 2ndCoveredAruṇodaya 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:22 → 12:5605:280 min05:29106 min3 Nov
Chicago15:22 → 14:5605:360 min05:37110 min3 Nov
Jersey City16:22 → 15:5605:400 min05:41109 min3 Nov
Port of Spain16:22 → 15:5604:200 min04:2098 min3 Nov
London20:22 → 19:5605:020 min05:03116 min3 Nov
Durban22:22 → 21:5603:350 min03:3485 min3 Nov
Dubai00:22 → 23:5604:450 min04:45103 min3 Nov
Delhi01:52 → 01:2604:500 min04:51104 min3 Nov
Kolkata01:52 → 01:2604:000 min04:01102 min3 Nov
Singapore04:22 → 03:5605:110 min05:1196 min3 Nov
Sydney07:22 → 06:5604:300 min04:290 min4 Nov
Suva08:22 → 07:5603:570 min03:560 min4 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
naraka-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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