Evening of Wednesday 10 September
Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
18:34 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:05
18:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:34
0 of 91 minutes covered
Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2053
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 10 September
Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.
0 of 91 minutes covered
Evening of Thursday 11 September
Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.
89 of 91 minutes covered, the first 89
Aṅga
Caturdaśī runs from 22:43 on Wed 10 Sep to 20:02 on Thu 11 Sep.
2053-09-10T14:43:06Z → 2053-09-11T12:01:38Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:34–20:05 on the 10th, 18:33–20:04 on the 11th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Caturdaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 91 minutes on the 10th and 89 of 91 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 135 s < 300 s
Ruling
Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2053: Thursday 11 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2053 falls on Thursday 11 September. Caturdaśī runs from 22:43 on Wed 10 Sep to 20:02 on Thu 11 Sep and covers 89 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa that evening. It is 2 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 11 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 11 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 11 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/aghora-chaturdashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 14 Aghora caturdasi (pradosa vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Caturdaśī | Sunset 10th | Covered | Sunset 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:43 → 05:02 | 19:05 | 92 min | 19:04 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Chicago | 09:43 → 07:02 | 19:08 | 91 min | 19:06 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Jersey City | 10:43 → 08:02 | 19:13 | 91 min | 19:11 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 10:43 → 08:02 | 18:09 | 94 min | 18:09 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| London | 15:43 → 13:02 | 19:25 | 89 min | 19:23 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Durban | 16:43 → 14:02 | 17:46 | 98 min | 17:46 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Dubai | 18:43 → 16:02 | 18:28 | 77 min | 18:27 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Delhi | 20:13 → 17:32 | 18:32 | 0 min | 18:30 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Kolkata | 20:13 → 17:32 | 17:45 | 0 min | 17:44 | 0 min | 10 Sep |
| Singapore | 22:43 → 20:02 | 19:05 | 0 min | 19:05 | 57 min | 11 Sep |
| Sydney | 00:43 → 22:02 | 17:43 | 0 min | 17:44 | 98 min | 11 Sep |
| Suva | 02:43 → 00:02 | 18:00 | 0 min | 18:01 | 97 min | 11 Sep |