Dawn of Wednesday 19 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
04:48 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 06:32
04:2404:4805:1205:3606:0006:2406:48
0 of 104 minutes covered
Ruling · Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) · 2044
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 88 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Wednesday 19 October
Caturdaśī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 104 minutes covered
Dawn of Thursday 20 October
Taken. The only dawn Caturdaśī reaches.
104 of 104 minutes covered
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 08:50 on Wed 19 Oct to 08:01 on Thu 20 Oct.
2044-10-19T00:50:03Z → 2044-10-20T00:01:30Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 04:48–06:32 on the 19th, 04:49–06:33 on the 20th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 104 minutes on the 19th and 104 of 104 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 5304 s
Ruling
Naraka Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2044: Thursday 20 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Naraka Caturdaśī (Choti Diwali) 2044 falls on Thursday 20 October. Caturdaśī runs from 08:50 on Wed 19 Oct to 08:01 on Thu 20 Oct and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 Oct |
| 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 19th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:50 → 17:01 | 05:20 | 102 min | 05:20 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 19:50 → 19:01 | 05:24 | 105 min | 05:25 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 20:50 → 20:01 | 05:29 | 104 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 20:50 → 20:01 | 04:18 | 97 min | 04:18 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 01:50 → 01:01 | 05:44 | 108 min | 05:45 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 02:50 → 02:01 | 03:45 | 89 min | 03:44 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 04:50 → 04:01 | 04:39 | 89 min | 04:40 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 06:20 → 05:31 | 04:44 | 5 min | 04:44 | 47 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 06:20 → 05:31 | 03:56 | 0 min | 03:56 | 96 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 08:50 → 08:01 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:12 | 95 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 11:50 → 11:01 | 04:41 | 0 min | 04:40 | 87 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 12:50 → 12:01 | 04:03 | 0 min | 04:03 | 91 min | 20 Oct |