Ruling · Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) · 2045

Wednesday 15 February

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 115 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Tuesday 14 February

Caturdaśī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:08  00:56 niśītha ends
23:2023:4400:0800:3200:5601:2001:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 15 February

Taken. The only night Caturdaśī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:08  00:56 niśītha ends
23:2023:4400:0800:3200:5601:2001:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 02:51 on Wed 15 Feb to 05:27 on Thu 16 Feb.

    2045-02-14T18:50:48Z → 2045-02-15T21:27:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:08–00:56 on the 14th, 00:08–00:56 on the 15th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: disputed → only-day · margin 6891 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāśivarātri, Baoding, 2045: Wednesday 15 February.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāśivarātri (Shivratri) 2045 falls on Wednesday 15 February. Caturdaśī runs from 02:51 on Wed 15 Feb to 05:27 on Thu 16 Feb and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2045/maha-shivaratri · 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/maha-shivaratri · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“K 14 Mahasivaratri (nisithavyapini) — In some opinion it is to be observed on nisitha and in some opinion on pradosa. If occurs on two successive nisithas then according to Hemadri it is to be observed on the first day and according to Madhava, to be observed on the second day” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105. The alternative opinion that reads pradoṣa instead of niśītha is not evaluated.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīNiśītha 14thCoveredNiśītha 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:51 → 13:2723:4348 min23:430 min14 Feb
Chicago12:51 → 15:2723:4048 min23:400 min14 Feb
Jersey City13:51 → 16:2723:4648 min23:460 min14 Feb
Port of Spain14:51 → 17:2723:5648 min23:560 min14 Feb
London18:51 → 21:2723:5048 min23:500 min14 Feb
Durban20:51 → 23:2723:4648 min23:460 min14 Feb
Dubai22:51 → 01:2700:0948 min00:0948 min14 Feb
Delhi00:21 → 02:5700:1138 min00:1148 min15 Feb
Kolkata00:21 → 02:5723:270 min23:2648 min15 Feb
Singapore02:51 → 05:2700:550 min00:5548 min15 Feb
Sydney05:51 → 08:2700:460 min00:4548 min15 Feb
Suva06:51 → 09:2723:570 min23:5648 min15 Feb
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
maha-shivaratri@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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