Ruling · Tila Caturthī · 2040

Wednesday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 149 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 Wednesday 15 February

Taken. The only evening Caturthī reaches.

17:54 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:40
17:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:3019:54

106 of 106 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 16 February

Caturthī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:56 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:41
17:3217:5618:2018:4419:0819:3219:56

0 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 15:26 on Wed 15 Feb to 14:26 on Thu 16 Feb.

    2040-02-15T07:25:44Z → 2040-02-16T06:26:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:54–19:40 on the 15th, 17:56–19:41 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 106 of 106 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 106 on the 16th.

    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 8922 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Tila Caturthī, Baoding, 2040: Wednesday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Tila Caturthī 2040 falls on Wednesday 15 February. Caturthī runs from 15:26 on Wed 15 Feb to 14:26 on Thu 16 Feb and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2040/tila-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Feb
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Feb
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:26 → 22:2617:36104 min17:370 min15 Feb
Chicago01:26 → 00:2617:23107 min17:240 min15 Feb
Jersey City02:26 → 01:2617:30107 min17:320 min15 Feb
Port of Spain03:26 → 02:2618:1498 min18:140 min15 Feb
London07:26 → 06:2617:14112 min17:160 min15 Feb
Durban09:26 → 08:2618:4387 min18:420 min15 Feb
Dubai11:26 → 10:2618:12101 min18:130 min15 Feb
Delhi12:56 → 11:5618:11103 min18:110 min15 Feb
Kolkata12:56 → 11:5617:33101 min17:330 min15 Feb
Singapore15:26 → 14:2619:2195 min19:210 min15 Feb
Sydney18:26 → 17:2619:4886 min19:470 min15 Feb
Suva19:26 → 18:2618:4146 min18:400 min15 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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