Ruling · Aghora Caturdaśī · 2056

Friday 8 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 472 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 Thursday 7 September

Caturdaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:39 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:09
18:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:1520:39

0 of 90 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 8 September

Taken. The only evening Caturdaśī reaches.

18:37 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:07
18:1318:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:37

90 of 90 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 05:36 on Fri 8 Sep to 03:59 on Sat 9 Sep.

    2056-09-07T21:36:21Z → 2056-09-08T19:59:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:39–20:09 on the 7th, 18:37–20:07 on the 8th.

    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 90 minutes on the 7th and 90 of 90 on the 8th.

    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 28310 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Aghora Caturdaśī, Baoding, 2056: Friday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Aghora Caturdaśī 2056 falls on Friday 8 September. Caturdaśī runs from 05:36 on Fri 8 Sep to 03:59 on Sat 9 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/aghora-chaturdashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 Sep
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 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:36 → 12:5919:0991 min19:080 min7 Sep
Chicago16:36 → 14:5919:1290 min19:110 min7 Sep
Jersey City17:36 → 15:5919:1790 min19:160 min7 Sep
Port of Spain17:36 → 15:5918:1194 min18:110 min7 Sep
London22:36 → 20:5919:320 min19:2988 min8 Sep
Durban23:36 → 21:5917:440 min17:4598 min8 Sep
Dubai01:36 → 23:5918:310 min18:3092 min8 Sep
Delhi03:06 → 01:2918:350 min18:3492 min8 Sep
Kolkata03:06 → 01:2917:470 min17:4693 min8 Sep
Singapore05:36 → 03:5919:060 min19:0695 min8 Sep
Sydney07:36 → 05:5917:410 min17:4299 min8 Sep
Suva09:36 → 07:5918:000 min18:0097 min8 Sep
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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