Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2046

Thursday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 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 29 August

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:53 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:20
18:2918:5319:1719:4120:0520:2920:53

0 of 87 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 30 August

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:52 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:19
18:2818:5219:1619:4020:0420:2820:52

87 of 87 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturdaśī runs from 09:03 on Thu 30 Aug to 05:55 on Fri 31 Aug.

    2046-08-30T01:03:18Z → 2046-08-30T21:55:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:53–20:20 on the 29th, 18:52–20:19 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 87 minutes on the 29th and 87 of 87 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 34578 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2046: Thursday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2046 falls on Thursday 30 August. Caturdaśī runs from 09:03 on Thu 30 Aug to 05:55 on Fri 31 Aug and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 Aug
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/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturdaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturdaśīSunset 30thCoveredSunset 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:03 → 14:5519:210 min19:190 min29 Aug
Chicago20:03 → 16:5519:270 min19:250 min29 Aug
Jersey City21:03 → 17:5519:310 min19:300 min29 Aug
Port of Spain21:03 → 17:5518:160 min18:160 min29 Aug
London02:03 → 22:5519:5183 min19:490 min30 Aug
Durban03:03 → 23:5517:40100 min17:400 min30 Aug
Dubai05:03 → 01:5518:3991 min18:380 min30 Aug
Delhi06:33 → 03:2518:4590 min18:440 min30 Aug
Kolkata06:33 → 03:2517:5591 min17:540 min30 Aug
Singapore09:03 → 05:5519:0995 min19:090 min30 Aug
Sydney11:03 → 07:5517:36101 min17:360 min30 Aug
Suva13:03 → 09:5517:5998 min17:590 min30 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
aghora-chaturdashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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